Let'sgoflying!
Touchdown! Greaser!
Air Vagabonds
Anthony J. Vallone
2003
ISBN 1-58834-137-2
I am 'flying' through this book, I cannot put it down.
It is one of those books that really appeals to me for some reason.
It is about real flying, tough pilots....... but in ordinary times. Flying single engine and other small aircraft around the world on ferry flights in the 70's, 80's. A Bill Cox kinda thing. Most of the pilots start without a lot of experience flying, just your average Joe Pilot. They stumble upon a time and place where their skills are in demand... and these skills are stretched to the limit. Over thousands of miles of water in a light a/c, all pre-GPS. The tricks they learn to survive; dead reckoning is a matter of life and death as they exceed the usable range of navaids across both the large bodies of water adjacent the U.S. The other thing they stretch is the human ability to stay awake. 10, 20 hours aloft; many times - single pilot ops. Survival rates are in their favor; 97%.... compared to other hazardous activities! Most flights have a component at night, sometimes night imc, lotsa ice. Honolulu, Darwin, Jakarta, Sweden, South Africa... every return to base promises a new adventure!
Anthony J. Vallone
2003
ISBN 1-58834-137-2
I am 'flying' through this book, I cannot put it down.
It is one of those books that really appeals to me for some reason.
It is about real flying, tough pilots....... but in ordinary times. Flying single engine and other small aircraft around the world on ferry flights in the 70's, 80's. A Bill Cox kinda thing. Most of the pilots start without a lot of experience flying, just your average Joe Pilot. They stumble upon a time and place where their skills are in demand... and these skills are stretched to the limit. Over thousands of miles of water in a light a/c, all pre-GPS. The tricks they learn to survive; dead reckoning is a matter of life and death as they exceed the usable range of navaids across both the large bodies of water adjacent the U.S. The other thing they stretch is the human ability to stay awake. 10, 20 hours aloft; many times - single pilot ops. Survival rates are in their favor; 97%.... compared to other hazardous activities! Most flights have a component at night, sometimes night imc, lotsa ice. Honolulu, Darwin, Jakarta, Sweden, South Africa... every return to base promises a new adventure!
