This is the revised and corrected 3rd and last edition of this book which was first published in 2003. The book is a series of short vignettes linked together to relate the memories of an aviator in a golden age of civil and military aviation. These are the kind of hangar flying stories pilots tell when they are not airborne, waiting out the weather or standing around drinking coffee. It is also the biography of a generation born in the 1930s, too late to fly dirigibles or be barnstormers and too young for WWII; stories of ...
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This is the revised and corrected 3rd and last edition of this book which was first published in 2003. The book is a series of short vignettes linked together to relate the memories of an aviator in a golden age of civil and military aviation. These are the kind of hangar flying stories pilots tell when they are not airborne, waiting out the weather or standing around drinking coffee. It is also the biography of a generation born in the 1930s, too late to fly dirigibles or be barnstormers and too young for WWII; stories of the forgotten aircraft engineers and pilots of the 1960s and 70s, who helped make air travel safer than riding the bus, all told with humor and rich sarcasm.
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Add this copy of Flying Stories: How I Came To Be A Pilot And Engineer to cart. $12.04, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2011 by Samco Publishing.
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