Jet Pioneer
A FIGHTER PILOT’S MEMOIR By: Major General Carl G. Schneider Book review by Matt Ferrari Let me introduce you to Major General Carl G. Schneider, U.S. Air Force (Ret.). General Schneider started life as a West Texas farm boy, who from the age of nine was determined to become a fighter pilot. In his book “Jet Pioneer: A Fighter Pilot’s Memoir” we follow along through the ups and downs of his journey that takes him from his humble, yet noble beginnings through the realization of that dream. We’re there with him as he enlists in the then U.S. Army Air Force as a Private and sees the birth of the U.S. Air Force as it becomes its own military branch in 1947. Through his career he was there when the new Air Force discarded most of the Army regulations and began anew, with a fresh start to become, through trial, error and eventual success the outstanding service organization that it is today. Much
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of that success is thanks to people like Carl Schneider who rose amazingly through the ranks from an enlisted Private all the way up to a Two Star General. Along that incredible journey he was fortunate to fly some amazing aircraft and work side by side with some equally amazing people. He started his flight training with the first Cadet class to assemble after World War Two. Beginning flight training in the historic two seat T-6 Texan and moving from there to the iconic single seat P-51 Mustang. Later, he checked out in some of the first jet powered fighters like the F-84B, which happened to be a single seater. Back then, the
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