Fighting the Flying Circus by Eddie Rickenbacker ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

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07/08/22

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622m

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Fighting the Flying Circus by Eddie Rickenbacker audiobook.

Genre: biography

In Fighting the Flying Circus, Eddie Rickenbacker - the American ace who rose from a hard-scrabble childhood and a career in racing to the cockpit of a fighter plane - recounts his World War I service with vivid, ground-level immediacy. Thrown into the new and terrifying world of aerial combat, Rickenbacker describes the steep learning curve of flying fragile machines, the strain of constant patrols, and the split-second decisions that separate survival from disaster. At the heart of the story is his drive to master both the mechanics of flight and the psychology of combat, while coping with loss, fear, and the pressure of being counted on by his squadron. The book follows his path from eager volunteer to seasoned pilot as he faces the legendary German airmen Americans nicknamed the 'Flying Circus,' and as he wrestles with what courage really costs. Part memoir, part combat chronicle, it is a firsthand account of a war fought above the trenches - where victory depends on skill, nerve, and the will to keep climbing back into the sky.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:15:14) Chapter 02

(00:32:36) Chapter 03

(00:57:05) Chapter 04

(01:09:30) Chapter 05

(01:26:43) Chapter 06

(01:42:42) Chapter 07

(01:56:20) Chapter 08

(02:11:29) Chapter 09

(02:27:02) Chapter 10

(02:43:06) Chapter 11

(03:00:39) Chapter 12

(03:15:51) Chapter 13

(03:30:56) Chapter 14

(03:47:36) Chapter 15

(04:04:46) Chapter 16

(04:21:37) Chapter 17

(04:36:05) Chapter 18

(04:53:11) Chapter 19

(05:10:28) Chapter 20

(05:29:37) Chapter 21

(05:44:29) Chapter 22

(06:01:47) Chapter 23

(06:18:22) Chapter 24

(06:37:49) Chapter 25

(06:55:14) Chapter 26

(07:11:47) Chapter 27

(07:29:43) Chapter 28

(07:45:58) Chapter 29

(08:03:27) Chapter 30

(08:21:33) Chapter 31

(08:39:34) Chapter 32

(08:58:05) Chapter 33

(09:16:52) Chapter 34

(09:33:10) Chapter 35

(09:50:19) Chapter 36

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