Because of inflation the money you would get at age 62 is worth more than what you would get five years later, and much more than ten years later. If you can invest SS money from age 62 the interest will more than make up for the difference of waiting, but at the same time, inflation will eat up...
A similar book is 'Rotors' by Roger Gallagher.
Gallagher is from Norman Oklahoma.
https://www.amazon.com/ROTORS-Novel-Vietnam-Roger-Gallagher/dp/0595443826
Pilot training... Practicing approaches and touch-n-go's at Will Rogers.
It appears they are landing at San Antonio now. They made good time back to their starting point.
I'm also looking into this HAM stuff.
I have a neighbor that has been into amateur radio for a long time. He agreed with the others that said the radio in your link wouldn't be a good radio to start with, but it was a very well built, 10-watt radio.
He actually has a couple of the HD1 radios...
"ROTORS" by Roger Gallager. It's about Vietnam helo pilots...
"One Second After, One Year After and The Final Day" by William R. Forstchen. This series of books is about an EMP strike on the United States that knocks out the electrical grid and how the survivors cope.