"She'll Never Get Off the Ground" by Robert Serling is one I'd recommend.
I have an extract in my first log book. It says....
"Are you a pilot, Mr. Studebaker?"
"No, I'm not. I suppose ---"
"Then you wouldn't know what I'm talking about. The way pilots feel. The way we feel about the sky and our 'planes and everyone else who flies. It's not something you can put into words, any more than you can describe the colour red. It's a feeling. Like maybe you feel God without ever being able to tell what God looks like. It's a way of life, and everyone who's part of it like .......like the're all a kind of fraternity."
Sums it up for me, more than just a job. A way of life.
Great book.
MB
Last edited by Madbob; 4th Aug 2011 at 08:15.