Product Description
by Opie Votipka (Author)
My father, like most men who served in WWII, rarely discussed their experiences in life and
especially during their time in combat. I wrote this book for my children, my descendants
and relatives to pass along my adventures and for them to see how God worked throughout
my life to mold, protect and guide me to become the man I am today. As you read this book
you will see how a young farm boy was blessed with the opportunity to fix and fly on the new
UH-60 Blackhawk and be selected for pilot training when no one thought it was possible.
You will be amazed to see how I went on to fly the AH-1 Cobra, F-16C, F-15E and was given
the opportunity to lead 120 Air Force paratroopers for the largest combat jump since WWII.
I will discuss my transition to become an airline pilot and how my career path was very
nonstandard. When you finish the book, you will understand how God's Grace protected
me from a helicopter crash, during a small aircraft crash, flying NVGs in the treetops and
diving at the ground during bombing runs as 700mph, parachuting with hundreds of troops
into confined areas, the many other situations I found myself in. I am not a perfectionist but
what I call an 80% solutions guy and Duct Tape is my "Go To" tool to get things fixed "Good
Enough" to get the mission accomplished. I hope my descendants and anyone else who reads
this book will see that "If you do the Right things for the Right reasons which are moral and
legal" God will guide and protect you.
