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A Pilot S Story

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Author : Don Volz
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2012-08-27

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 2012-08-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This is my storythe 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 Yeagerhe 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 Yeagers 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 Pilot S Story

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Author : Don Volz
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2012-08

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.

Flying High

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Author : S. Melvin Rines
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2005

Flying High written by S. Melvin Rines and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

As a young boy growing up in the Great Depression, the author discovers learning is important, college is possible, but his dream of flying is impossible. Suddenly, Pearl Harbor explodes! The world at war, a desire to serve, a chance to fly he enlists in the navy's flight training program, arguably the finest ever devised. Come fly with him in open-cockpit biplanes, low-wing trainers, dive bombers and fighters as he wins the coveted wings of gold', an officer's stripes and qualifies as a carrier-based fighter pilot---when a bomb is dropped and the war ends. The lights go on again, the nation celebrates, euphoric homecomings. The author joins the naval reserves, completes college, the Korean War erupts and he receives orders to active duty. Come aboard a massive aircraft carrier and share the heart-stopping exploits of a jet fighter pilot racking up fifty-five combat missions over Korea. Catapult launches, shooting and being shot at, and landings (and crashes) on a rolling and pitching flight deck are vividly recounted. The fury subsides, the author returns to devise and teach new procedures and flight patterns for the emerging jet age, while cavorting with stars in Hollywood and Palm Springs. Then he returns to civilian life, marries, and pursues another kind of combat a career in international investment banking.

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Author : Irwin Lebow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-05-08

A Pilot S Story written by Irwin Lebow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-08 with categories.

When the United States was attacked by Japan Irwin Lebow worked as a tool and die makers apprentice in a defense plant. Not willing to wait to be drafted, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps to fulfill his dream of becoming a pilot. In his diary, Lebow cronicals his 93 missions, as a P47 Thunderbolt pilot in the European Theater in World War II. This is a story written by a 22 year young man being exposed to life and death situations on a daily basis, but also living with the thrill and excitement of doing things that movies are made of. These are the memories of the highs of climbing out of the cockpit after returning from successful missions destroying enemy targets. And the lows of losing a friend in combat.

Never Lark Nor Eagle

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Author : Ray Castagnaro
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2002-11-06

Never Lark Nor Eagle written by Ray Castagnaro and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-06 with Fiction categories.

Never Lark nor Eagle: A Fighter Pilot´s Story, the novel by Ray Castagnaro, is accurate, entertaining Historical fiction about Yanks in the RAF during the Battle of Britain, and their eventual transition to the U.S. Army Air Forces. The story continues with dangerous test flying at Muroc Lake, California, then the exploits of the "Fourth but First" Fighter Group in Korea. The reader witnesses counterinsurgency in the jungles of the Philippines, espionage in 1950s Saigon, and hypersonic test flying at Edwards. It climaxes with the electrifying, but often overlooked air campaign over Vietnam. As told through the saga of one extraordinary American family, the story of the most exciting period in aviation history is told with historical accuracy, passion, and humor. You will need to have both Volumes I & II to read the whole story. VOLUME II: Continuation of the fictional career of fighter pilot Carl ?Bing? Morro and his family, from 1958 through 1978. Col Carl Morro, now a veteran of combat in WWII and Korea, as well as dangerous test pilot flying and espionage in Southeast Asia, returns to his roots to face an undeniable truth. The reader continues to witness the true, and often humorous stories behind today?s aeronautical wonder weapons through the fictional eyes of a man who helped develop them and their tactics from the early supersonic era through the Vietnam conflict. Triumph, tragedy, love, war, revenge, deliverance. © 1980, 1990, 2002

In My Seat

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Author : Megan Ann Scheibner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012

In My Seat written by Megan Ann Scheibner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Air pilots categories.

"As a pilot for American Airlines, Steve was very close to the events of September 11th, 2001. Originally scheduled to be the First Officer on Flight 11, the first plane to hit the World Trade Center, Steve knows first hand what it means to have someone die in his place, not once, but twice. His powerful and moving testimony of God's provision will inspire you to examine your own life in the light of eternity.

Riding The Wind

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Author : P. Ashoka
language : en
Publisher: Vij Books India
Release Date : 2019-07-31

Riding The Wind written by P. Ashoka and has been published by Vij Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-31 with Political Science categories.

The book is essentially an autobiographical narrative of the author`s experiences as a Fighter pilot and a Test pilot, spanning over his entire flying career of 50 long years, containing unique experiences of historical value. The book perforce contains technical aspects of various types of aircraft flown and tested by him; Trainers, Fighters, Bombers, Transport aircraft, Helicopters, Sailplanes, and Hang Gliders. An effort has been made to present the same in as simple a manner as possible so that even a lay reader can get a fair idea of what Fighter flying and Test flying entails. There are numerous accounts of life-threatening emergencies faced by the author as well as some uncommon dare-devilry indulged in. There is also a spattering of events other than flying, which would give the reader a flavor of the type of life and times the author has been through during his flying years.

A Spitfire Pilot S Story

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Author : Dennis Newton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016

A Spitfire Pilot S Story written by Dennis Newton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 categories.

A family-authorised biography of Pat Hughes, one of the top-scoring aces of the Battle of Britain.

In My Seat A Pilot S Story From September 10th 11th

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Author : Megan Ann Scheibner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-09-11

In My Seat A Pilot S Story From September 10th 11th written by Megan Ann Scheibner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

"Steve Scheibner went to bed September 10, 2001, with his bags packed and ready to go. He was scheduled to be the pilot on "American Airlines Flight 11 the next day. When he woke in the morning, however, a rare last-minute substitution meant 'someone else' would pilot that plane--the first plane that hit the World Trade Center on 9/11.... His powerful and moving testimony of God's providence will inspire you to examine your own life in light of eternity."--P. [4] of cover.

Spitfire

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Author : Jeffrey Quill
language : en
Publisher: Air Data Publications Limited
Release Date : 1996

Spitfire written by Jeffrey Quill and has been published by Air Data Publications Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Test pilot Jeffrey Quill took charge of some of the most important military aircraft in the 1930s, in particular, the immortal Spitfire. This new edition is published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Spitfire in March 1996.

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