Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A novel based on the experiences of carrier pilots, one of the most dangerous roles in the US Navy, the first novel published by Aero Publishers, known for its nonfiction aviation books. SIGNED by the author LaBarge, who was a carrier pilot for 12 years, on the front endpaper "Best Wishes always 'Sweetwater' LaBarge" Foreword by Admiral James L. Holloway III, USN Ret. Glossary of "Navy Jargon." Award sticker on front cover for 'Aviation Book of the Year.' Plan of part of the deck of a carrier on front pastedown, map on the middle East focusing on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz on the free front endpaper. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-81688515X.