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Books and Videos for the Carrier Crazed by Bruce Irving http://flyingsinger.blogspot.com/
Aircraft carriers have always fascinated me. I can remember building a model of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) when I was around 10 years old (let's not think about how long ago THAT was). It was maybe three feet long and the jets I painted and glued to the deck were maybe an inch or so. A carrier is something that is both huge and tiny at the same time -- you can compare it to a building if you see it in port, or to a postage stamp if you're thinking about landing on it. I was thrilled when I finally got aboard a real carrier -- I was lucky enough to tour the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) in San Diego a few years ago. It was in port, so there were no planes aboard, but the view from the flight deck was still worth the price of admission (OK, so it was free). I jogged from the pointy end to the back end of that boat a couple of times, just to feel how big it was. And it was astoundingly big.
For authentic atmosphere and you-are-there feel, Sherman Baldwin really delivers the goods in his 1996 memoir Ironclaw. Tom Clancy provides less atmosphere but offers a boatload of information in his 1999 profile Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier. If you want action and immersion in a fictional but highly authentic environment, you'll really enjoy Check Six by Bob Norris. A couple of very good videos from the Discovery Channel and NOVA top off my selections for the carrier-crazed who can manage to tear themselves away from their joysticks for a few hours.
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