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Born to Fly: The Heroic Story of Downed U.S. Navy Pilot Lt. Shane Osborn | 
 enlarge | Authors: Shane Osborn, Malcolm Mcconnell
Creator: Michael French
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1077087
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0385729995
Dewey Decimal Number: 359.94340973
EAN: 9780385729994
ASIN: 0385729995
Publication Date: November 13, 2001
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From the age of three, Shane Osborn dreamed of being a pilot. He began learning the skills he would need to fly as a member of the Civil Air Patrol, a branch of the U.S. Air Force, when he was just twelve years old. But it wasn’t until he graduated from the naval ROTC program at the University of Nebraska and joined the navy that his dream became a reality. For five years, Osborn practiced rigorous training exercises, working tirelessly day in and day out until he advanced from navy pilot to mission commander.
All Lt. Osborn’s flying skills were put to the test when a Chinese F-8 II fighter jet collided with his EP-3E ARIES II plane during a U.S. surveillance mission through international airspace. The impact severely damaged Osborn’s aircraft, sending it plummeting toward the ocean. With almost certain disaster looming, Osborn managed to gain control of the crippled plane and land it safely on the Chinese island of Hainan–saving the lives of his twenty-three crewmates.
In Born to Fly, Shane Osborn describes these terrifying events in vivid detail, along with the years of dedicated training that made the emergency landing possible. This is the inspirational story of a boy with a dream, and of the extraordinary discipline and courage that made him a hero.
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 A hero??? Hardly July 2, 2005
J. Michael (Now Born)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
If this guy were really a hero, he would have crashed his plane into the sea before letting the Communist Chinese gain access to the plane's high tech secrets. He valued his own skin above U.S. national security.
 The compelling story of a true American hero April 2, 2002
Daniel F. Belknap (Orono, ME)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This true story of the downing of a US surveillance plane satisfies with technical details, suspense, and appropriate humor, but most importantly through the demonstration of the character of Shane Osborn and his crew. Although co-written, like most books of this type, his voice shines through with an excellently balanced acount of his life and experiences as well as the story of the headline news incident itself. This book should be required reading at all military academies.
Born To Fly January 18, 2002
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I like the book because it was about planes and the heroic story of downed U.S. Navy piolt Lt. Shane Osborn. I liked the book because it is a true story Shane Osborn and his crew. I also liked it because of the heroic chapter 18 plot of when Shane and his crew were going down in an aircaft. Also because it is just an all around good book about the Navy. The best part in the book is when Shane and his crew pulled up from the nose dive. The settings were great. The characters were real people and it was about a kid who accomplished his goal. The settings were good because of the real truth of where the settings take place. Shane is a young kid that has always wanted to fly and he finally accomplished his lifetime goal.
GREAT BOOK January 18, 2002
Nick (CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great story about the downed pilot from the US Navy! Michael French has done a great job on this book. Michale French is an excetional author!This is a great book for young people. I would recommend this book for the juvenile audience.
Born to Fly December 13, 2001
Betty Fulton (North Canton, Ohio United States)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The vivid accounts of the life of Shane Osborn growing up in Nebraska to his heroic actions while flying an American Reconnaissance plane gives the children of today a great role model and hero. Intermediate readers (and adults) realize that setting goals, working to achieve goals and keeping focused in life does result in success and in Shane's case saving 25 lives. Disappoints are not met with defeat, but rather the desire to achieve even greater levels of accomplishments. I love the message in this book and learned various Naval and aircraft terms. This is an awesome book for children looking for a hero.
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