Gunship Ace - the wars of Neall Ellis, helicopter pilot and mercenary by Al J. Venter

A former South African Air Force pilot who saw action throughout the region from the 1970's on, Neall Ellis is the world's best-known mercenary combat aviator. The book gives a rare look into the profession and the harrowing times of a talented pilot and gunship ace whose life reads more like an action/adventure novel than a carefully researched biography.