Do you have a fav book????
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Can I recommend a seriously good book........
A STANDARD PILOTS NOTES by Nigel Hamlyn-Wright.
If you can find a copy I will applaud you.......
If you can say you don't enjoy it, you shouldn't be flying.
This book has no ISBN but I'm happy to help you contact the author
A STANDARD PILOTS NOTES by Nigel Hamlyn-Wright.
If you can find a copy I will applaud you.......
If you can say you don't enjoy it, you shouldn't be flying.
This book has no ISBN but I'm happy to help you contact the author
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Since you have a taste for WW1 stuff, try "Winged Victory" by V. M. Yeates. It's semi-autobiographical, with war-weary cynicism. Vivid accounts of the experience of flying the scouts of the time, together with clear description of what it really means to "lose your bottle".
Since you have a taste for WW1 stuff, try "Winged Victory" by V. M. Yeates. It's semi-autobiographical, with war-weary cynicism. Vivid accounts of the experience of flying the scouts of the time, together with clear description of what it really means to "lose your bottle".
A good inspiring read is 'Alone in the Sky' by the late Jean Batten, recounting, inter alia, her epic England to South America record flight in the 1930s.
Thus inspired, I read and many times re-read also 'Ocean Flying' by Louise Sacchi, a rather more practical book on the topic of long distance ocean crossings. Nevertheless, very readable and informative.
Thus inspired and informed, I went and did it .......... !
Thus inspired, I read and many times re-read also 'Ocean Flying' by Louise Sacchi, a rather more practical book on the topic of long distance ocean crossings. Nevertheless, very readable and informative.
Thus inspired and informed, I went and did it .......... !
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For a little laughter in your life I would thoroughly recommend
Fly Yellow Side Up
Pie in the Sky
Derry Air
The flying circus
Cockpit follies
all by Garth Wallace and published by happy landings
tales based on reality of flying instructors and flying schools
Fly Yellow Side Up
Pie in the Sky
Derry Air
The flying circus
Cockpit follies
all by Garth Wallace and published by happy landings
tales based on reality of flying instructors and flying schools
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A few books mentioned so far i would also have recommended, namely "a gift of wings" and "sun moon and stars"
However, may i heartilly endorse.....Chuck Yeager, his autobiography; a truly entertaining book that touches the reader on many, many levels. I admit the chap is my all time hero, but i recommend the book highly for its sheer honesty and integrity of writing.
Furthermore, in the vein of honesty of prose and feeling, Chickenhawk by Robert Mason is regarded as a startling book by all who read it. Should be compulsory for all those who wish for an aviation career in any armed service......just to let you see how Fecked up things can get in a shooting war.
Merry christmas all when it comes tomorrow, and safe flying in '03.
MBFC
However, may i heartilly endorse.....Chuck Yeager, his autobiography; a truly entertaining book that touches the reader on many, many levels. I admit the chap is my all time hero, but i recommend the book highly for its sheer honesty and integrity of writing.
Furthermore, in the vein of honesty of prose and feeling, Chickenhawk by Robert Mason is regarded as a startling book by all who read it. Should be compulsory for all those who wish for an aviation career in any armed service......just to let you see how Fecked up things can get in a shooting war.
Merry christmas all when it comes tomorrow, and safe flying in '03.
MBFC
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Books, from early on I was an avid flying nut. Inevitably, Richard Bach was the second inspiration. I confess to a Biggles' fan. After that, has to be Ernest K. Gann. "Islands in the sky" was another, in the vein of "Fate.."
Try to find these:
1. Man with one eye. - bio of Mick Mannock. WW1.
2. Bridge across the sky. - Richard Collier, great tribute to the Berlin Airlift.
3. Great Flights. - Norman McMillan, from early balloon flight (1908) to Mercury.
4. Gunship: Spectre of death. - Henry Zeybel. Totally hilarious take on Spec Ops AC-130s in SEA T/O. Simply written and doesn't lose it's appeal 2nd 0r 3rd time. Part of a trio I acquired.
Mostly, they inspired with the reality of flying in various eras, weathers and terrains I'll never see.
Anybody wants one of the above I'm open.
.. last post on book titles;
Man with one eye should read
Ace with one eye.
Try to find these:
1. Man with one eye. - bio of Mick Mannock. WW1.
2. Bridge across the sky. - Richard Collier, great tribute to the Berlin Airlift.
3. Great Flights. - Norman McMillan, from early balloon flight (1908) to Mercury.
4. Gunship: Spectre of death. - Henry Zeybel. Totally hilarious take on Spec Ops AC-130s in SEA T/O. Simply written and doesn't lose it's appeal 2nd 0r 3rd time. Part of a trio I acquired.
Mostly, they inspired with the reality of flying in various eras, weathers and terrains I'll never see.
Anybody wants one of the above I'm open.
.. last post on book titles;
Man with one eye should read
Ace with one eye.
Biggles
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Here's one book I recommend to those with at least a couple hundred hours experience:
'Inside the sky' by William Langewiesche (son of..)
ISBN 0-679-75007-X
'The most eloquent meditation on our place (in the sky) since de Saint-Exupéry' - San Francisco Chronicle
'Inside the sky' by William Langewiesche (son of..)
ISBN 0-679-75007-X
'The most eloquent meditation on our place (in the sky) since de Saint-Exupéry' - San Francisco Chronicle
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As well as all the above mentioned (Stick & Rudder -all Richard Bach's flying books, Brian Lecomber's three novels) I suggest "Open Cockpit over Africa" by Victor Smith, one of the pioneers of Africain air-routes in the early thirties.
Fascinating reading. And to think us modern pilots get all excited about a two hour flight with VOR, NDB & GPS. Try flying across Africa Capetown to London with just a compass, at night, in a single engine open cockpit aeroplane!
AE
Fascinating reading. And to think us modern pilots get all excited about a two hour flight with VOR, NDB & GPS. Try flying across Africa Capetown to London with just a compass, at night, in a single engine open cockpit aeroplane!
AE
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Fascinating reading. And to think us modern pilots get all excited about a two hour flight with VOR, NDB & GPS. Try flying across Africa Capetown to London with just a compass, at night, in a single engine open cockpit aeroplane!
tKf
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'Bird of the Islands' by Gordon Taylor. WW1 pilot, co-pilot of Kingsford-Smith and in the 50s he bought a Short Sandringham flying boat (ultimate derivative of the Sunderland) and ran luxury aerial cruises round the South Pacific, landing in genuinely uncharted places.
Extraordinary.
QDM
P.S. Here it is at www.abe.com:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/...mageField.x=25
Extraordinary.
QDM
P.S. Here it is at www.abe.com:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/...mageField.x=25
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Funny thing, the complete set of Biggles. in paperback, came through a local auction house.
(.. and I didn't buy because..?)
Thanks to all for your contributions, I'll definitely be adding to my library.
Funny thing, the complete set of Biggles. in paperback, came through a local auction house.
(.. and I didn't buy because..?)
Thanks to all for your contributions, I'll definitely be adding to my library.
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Funny thing, the complete set of Biggles. in paperback, came through a local auction house.
I think were 99 written, and about 20 of them are VERY hard to get hold of.
tKF
(Think I've read about 50 of them
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Hi folks,
Two good books I've read lately are 'God is my co-pilot' by Robert L. Scott - not a religious book as the title would suggest, but a brilliant read about an American pilot in WWII flying Spitfires etc. in China. (I think Scott is still alive - aged about 94 or 95).
The second is a book called 'Chickenhawk' , about a Hughie pilot during Vietnam war.
Both books are true stories and autobiographies - highly recommended.
Mixturelean.
Two good books I've read lately are 'God is my co-pilot' by Robert L. Scott - not a religious book as the title would suggest, but a brilliant read about an American pilot in WWII flying Spitfires etc. in China. (I think Scott is still alive - aged about 94 or 95).
The second is a book called 'Chickenhawk' , about a Hughie pilot during Vietnam war.
Both books are true stories and autobiographies - highly recommended.
Mixturelean.
