A Day With An Airplane Pilot
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Of Dreams Coveralls
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Author : James Garland Powell
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2009-02
Of Dreams Coveralls written by James Garland Powell and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
James Powell's earliest memories are of airplanes. His imagination was fueled by gasoline-powered models; balsa-wood gliders; and stories of military aircraft. Amazing, though, James never believed he would have the opportunity to fly in an airplane. While stumbling through school unsure of a career, James took a dollar ride in a Cessna 150. After a thirty-minute flight, he had an epiphany. As they taxied in, James's heart and mind were still in the air. Eureka! I've found it, he said to himself. This is what I want to do. I am going to fly airplanes. Powell's path from that day forward was straight and narrow: he joined the military and successfully graduated from the Air Force's pilot training class at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi. But that was just the first step in what became a career as a professional aviator. In this moving memoir of hard work and dogged determination, Powell recounts the rocky road he traveled on his way to becoming a commercial pilot. Despite the diversion of a teenage marriage and divorce, and friends' ridicule, James's determination never wavered. Read how author James Powell used his gift of tenacity, believing he could do anything if he worked long and hard enough in Of Dreams and Coveralls.
A Pilot S Story
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Author : Don Volz
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2012-08
A Pilot S Story written by Don Volz and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is my story-the story of a pilot who flew airplanes for some thirty-seven years: ten years in the United States Air Force, primarily in jet fighters, and then twenty-seven years flying commercial jet airliners. I was inspired to write this story after reading the autobiography, a few years ago, of Gen. Chuck Yeager-he being the world-renowned test pilot, World War II fighter ace, and first man to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1. My story is the story of an average pilot, an average guy who survived several close calls, had many interesting experiences along the way, and often wondered, "Am I still here because I was especially good or because I was especially lucky?" I think the answer is definitely a combination of the two, just as Yeager says or implies in his book. With him, it may have been a larger contribution of skill, but as he said, "The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day." I have to echo that comment. While flying around the country with American Airlines, during "hours of complete boredom" (as we say), we pilots often traded our "war stories" of our flying (and other) experiences. I often thought that I had many tales that were similar to some of Yeager's and that I should put my experiences down on paper, even if it would only be my family who might read it. So this, then, is my story, my life, primarily, as it revolved around my aviating experiences over some thirty-seven years, from the viewpoint of a pilot who has no particular claim to fame but who has survived "to fly another day." One of the best descriptions of a flying career says: "You start out with a big bag of luck and an empty bag of experience; you want to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck!" I guess I have done that.
A Day With An Airplane Pilot
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Author : Leonie Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Release Date : 2006-01-01
A Day With An Airplane Pilot written by Leonie Bennett and has been published by Bearport Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Air pilots categories.
Examines the job duties and routines of an airplane pilot.
Skyfaring
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Author : Mark Vanhoenacker
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2015-06-02
Skyfaring written by Mark Vanhoenacker and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-02 with Transportation categories.
A poetic and nuanced exploration of the human experience of flight that reminds us of the full imaginative weight of our most ordinary journeys—and reawakens our capacity to be amazed. The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight—a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity—to the realm of the mundane. Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who left academia and a career in the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flight, asks us to reimagine what we—both as pilots and as passengers—are actually doing when we enter the world between departure and discovery. In a seamless fusion of history, politics, geography, meteorology, ecology, family, and physics, Vanhoenacker vaults across geographical and cultural boundaries; above mountains, oceans, and deserts; through snow, wind, and rain, renewing a simultaneously humbling and almost superhuman activity that affords us unparalleled perspectives on the planet we inhabit and the communities we form.
Confessions And Memoirs Of An Airline Pilot
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Author : Captain Enrique Blyhe Horta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-05
Confessions And Memoirs Of An Airline Pilot written by Captain Enrique Blyhe Horta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
March, 2000, the whole world watched the political tug-of-war between Fidel Castro and the exiled Cuban community over a little rafter, Elian Gonzalez, who was the sole survivor of the perilous journey across the Florida Straits. The controversies surrounding the arrival of this little boy swept over Miami. In the midst of this highly charged political climate, people were falling in love, drug deals were going bad, and the Cuban elderly were dying, surrendering their dreams of returning to a Castro free Cuba. Crossing Into the Land of Saints is a wonderful and realistic portrayal of a Cuban family, the Santeria religion, and the political and cultural differences within the exiled Cuban community. Meet the three generations of the Lopez-Zayas family as they struggle with the dying wish of the family's matriarch, Cheita, to be laid to rest in her homeland. Cristobal, her brother, has agreed to honor Cheita's dying wish, sending the family into a stormy adventure. Roli is a young, humorous, Cuban American man who grew up in Boston, and finds himself seduced by a voluptuous and sensual Cuban waitress. Alina, Roli's sister, becomes Cristobal's partner, along with Roli, to bury Cheita in Cuba. In order to realize Cheita's wish, the family must overcome their differences, the political tensions of that time, the stormy waters of the Florida Straits, and the dangerous Cuban military, which during the Elian Gonzalez controversy was on the hyper-alert against "unwanted" American influences. Their journey back to Cuba, the land of saints, transforms this family in ways they could not foresee. Crossing Into the Land of Saints promises to take you along this journey, and transform you as well.
Skyfaring
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Author : Mark Vanhoenacker
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015
Skyfaring written by Mark Vanhoenacker and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Aeronautics categories.
The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight--a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity--to the realm of the mundane. When most people today think of flying, they imagine tedious routines that involve security checkpoints, exorbitant baggage fees, shrinking legroom, and frustrating delays. Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who gave up careers in academia and the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flight, asks us to re-imagine what we--both as pilots and as passengers--are actually doing when we enter the world between departure and discovery. In a seamless fusion of history, politics, geography, meteorology, ecology, family, and physics, the author vaults across geographical and cultural boundaries, above mountains, oceans, and deserts, through snow, wind, and rain, limning a simultaneously humbling and almost superhuman activity which can afford us unparalleled perspectives on the planet we inhabit and the communities we form.
One Adventure After Another
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Author : John Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Author House
Release Date : 2013-04-23
One Adventure After Another written by John Lewis and has been published by Author House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book is not about heroes like military pilots who risk their lives protecting our country, or commercial pilots who wing their way across the world transporting us from one place to the other or general pilots who daily perform tasks that can only be done from the air. We owe all of these pilots a great respect and gratitude for the job that they do. Most of the books written are about them. This book is about the private pilot who is the average man or woman who does not intend to risk their lives flying an airplane. This book is about those people who simply want to take to the air for the joy of being airborne and for the intellectual challenge of keeping up with the birds. If I thought for a moment that flying was not safe, I would not step into an airplane. For years I felt that flying was for the foolhardy until by chance I discovered that flying is safer than driving a car if you learn how to fly and follow the rules. This book attempts to describe the transition from becoming a land person to becoming an air person and the pleasures experienced on the way. John O. Lewis My first adventure with John as an airplane pilot gave me the surprise of my life. After vehemently refusing to go flying with him, I agreed once and for all to join him in the cockpit for a brief tour around Chicago. Once airborne my imagined fears were replaced by sheer joy of seeing the sights and realizing the wonders both above and below. This initial flight was the beginning of adventures of our lifetime. Never again was any coaxing on his part needed for me to join him on flights. Edna M. Lewis
A Day In The Life Of A Pilot
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Author : Randal Agostini
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-11-11
A Day In The Life Of A Pilot written by Randal Agostini and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-11 with categories.
Every time you board an airplane, there are questions: Who are the people in the cockpit? Is this journey going to be safe and comfortable? What is this industry all about? Even people involved in aviation ask such questions. These and many others are answered in a series of short stories that Randal has put together from his own experience--from the days the seed was planted to the time he retired from aviation. Relax and sit back as he escorts you through tales you typically won't hear about, for his was not an uneventful career. The fifties through the nineties were the growth years of aviation as we know it. The skies are still full of airplanes that are forty years old. Virtually the same training aircraft are still in use. But these fifty years saw the advent of the jet engine for passenger aircraft, the transition of war pilots to specially trained pilots, from air and electric driven analog instrumentation to digital computerized glass cockpits, from paper to computers and from an open to a closed cockpit. What was learned in those years is still the foundation of all of aviation--worldwide. This book gives a glimpse of aviation when a pilot was paid for having fun.
Big Lessons From Little Airplanes
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Author : Tex Newman
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2021-08-11
Big Lessons From Little Airplanes written by Tex Newman and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-11 with Religion categories.
Whether piloting a plane and enjoying the panorama below or watching a model you built soar into the blue among the clouds above, flying is always an adventure. Tex Newman looks back at his love affair with airplanes in this book, starting as a boy growing up in West Texas during and after World War II. After the war was won, the military began to get rid of the old fighters and bombers that had fought so valiantly. The author’s hometown airport was a refueling place for these old veterans as they made their way from the East Coast to the graveyards out in the Arizona desert. While the pilots were gone, the old planes would sit and wait patiently for the author and his friends to crawl through them. But when the author lost his eye as a boy, all hopes of being a fighter pilot were lost, and he was in danger of becoming depressed. With the help of the Lord, however, he pressed on and even became a pilot later in life. Join the author as he celebrates his faith, his blessings, and his love of flying in Big Lessons from Little Airplanes.
A Day In The Life Of A Test Pilot
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Author : Michael McKeever
language : en
Publisher: Troll Communications
Release Date : 1991
A Day In The Life Of A Test Pilot written by Michael McKeever and has been published by Troll Communications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Depicts the daily work of Major Dana Purifoy, a test pilot who spends part of each day testing airplanes for the Air Force.