by admin | Feb 8, 2014 | Book Reviews, Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Drones, The Drone Enigma, Uncategorized
Luxury Reading is a well-established and respected book review website. Individual reviewers provide objective reviews of all genres of books. Review by Lauren Cannavino of Luxury Reading Books that are touted as military thrillers, like The Drone Enigma, are often...
by admin | Jan 31, 2014 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Drones, Koehler Books, Military in Hampton Roads, Navy, The Drone Enigma, USS George HW Bush
I have allocated ten copies of The Drone Enigma for a Goodreads Giveaway that will run through February 13th. Residents of the US, UK and Canada are eligible to win a copy. If you win, please review the book on Goodreads.
by admin | Dec 29, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Drones, Koehler Books, Military in Hampton Roads, The Drone Enigma
This weekend I returned from North Carolina, where my wife and I had been visiting relatives over the Christmas holiday, to find that Readers’ Favorite, the book review and award website, had given The Drone Enigma a 5-Star rating. The Drone Enigma has been...
by admin | Jul 21, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Navy, The Drone Enigma, X-47B
On July 10, 2013, after two earlier successful trapped landings on the USS George HW Bush (CVN-77), the Navy’s X-47B “Salty Dog 502” drone self-aborted on a third attempt and flew to an airfield on Wallops Island on the Virginia Eastern Shore. The...
by admin | Jul 13, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Drones, Navy, The Drone Enigma, USS George HW Bush, X-47B
Remember the date, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. It’s the day that the US Navy’s drone, the X-47B dubbed “Salty Dog 502,” made an arrested or trapped landing on an aircraft carrier, the USS George HW Bush (CVN-77). In trapped landings, the drone,...
by admin | Mar 8, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone
In December, Iran claimed to have captured a U.S. ScanEagle surveillance drone that was violating Iranian airspace. The ScanEagle, designed to be flown from a ship, is a small drone, 4.5 feet long with a wingspan of 10.2 feet with an empty weight of under 30 pounds....