Beyond Recognition

Beyond Recognition is the memoir of Ronald Corbin, a former Army combat helicopter pilot and Vietnam veteran who becomes a Los Angeles policeman, and eventually a pilot for LAPD's Air Support Division (ASD). Ron's military training and unique combat flying experience as a "Slick" Huey pilot, and his wide background as an instructor pilot in various helicopters, is recognized by the ASD captain, but not without creating fierce jealousies. After an aircraft accident that claims the life of a pilot trainee and puts Ron in the hospital, the LAPD assembles a Board of Inquiry. Ron's detractors seek jealous revenge by feeding misleading statements to the Board investigators. The investigation evolves into a "kangaroo court," but the Board's exercise in "finger-pointing" quickly backfires as Ron exposes a "cover-up" that has corporate and City attorneys scrambling to settle.