Download or read book A Story of a Charter Pilot written by Garth Greenlee and published by . This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 49 years in the life of a charter pilot. Come along with Garth as he revisits his adventures, life, and career as a charter pilot. From the humble beginnings of a teenager fueling planes through his long career. Come co-pilot with Garth and hear his stories, adventures and musings...Including:"Snake on a plane""Hitting a cow""Passenger wanting to get out of the plane""Roughneck promising to 'kick my butt'""Landing a C-310 without nose gear"...and many more interesting stories,Recorded by Garth in his own words.
Download or read book Charter Pilot written by Mark A. Burgess and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone interested in general aviation, its history, and the funny and sometimes-scary adventures of a professional pilot will enjoy Mark Burgess' stories. With wry humor, he takes us on his journey from an airplane-happy small-town youth, to certified 17-year-old pilot, to instructor and inspector of other pilots. He has flown donated organs, fire patrol, and the rich and famous, and today is a successful entrepreneur with a rapidly growing company employing nine pilots.
Download or read book Takeoff written by Bonnie Tiburzi and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Airlines' first woman pilot tells of her varied experiences in the line of work.
Download or read book Cockpit Confessions of an Airline Pilot written by Stephen G. Keshner and published by Pelican Press. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dangerous Lessons and Guardian Angels written by Paul J. Spivak and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These true adventures are told in a series of fascinating short stories. Besides featuring dramatic and often humorous tales of adventure, this information packed book even has a chapter on how to become an airline pilot and land that airline job. Finally, there is an inspirational message to be persistent, focused and never give up, even when faced with overwhelming odds." -- Back cover.
Download or read book Charter Pilot A Bill Hanson Story Sketches by Jean Rutherford Finch written by Jack Hambleton and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adventure of Becoming an Airline Pilot written by George Flavell and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow an unlikely candidate from high school dropout to a highly successful flying career. Commendation from Lockheed's Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, (SR71) as a High Caliber Flight Instructor, tops the list.
Download or read book Segregated Skies written by National Geographic Kids and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1964 and black men didn't fly commercial jets. But David Harris was about to change that...
Download or read book Charter pilot written by Jack Hambleton and published by Longmans, Green and Company. This book was released on 1952 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jet Boss written by Laura Savino and published by Freedom Forge Press. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Laura Savino takes you directly into the cockpit for an exclusive look into the boy's club of airline pilots-told through the eyes of the first female pilot many of them ever flew with."No math," Laura's counselor told her in high school. "That would ruin your GPA." Laura had other plans. One teenage act of rebellion changed everything for her at a time when STEM opportunities for women were rare. If passengers on a commercial jet had trouble imagining a woman flight engineer - which Laura became - imagine their disbelief to see her as the pilot flying their widebody jet around the world.She exposes both the harsh truths and the exciting adventure of her years in the airline industry as a commercial pilot, reveals the emotional impact of 9/11 on pilots, and writes honestly about what it means to be a working mother while keeping her dreams alive.Laura's powerful story is a blueprint for how to defy expectations and follow your inner compass to do things you never thought possible.
Download or read book Flying Above the Glass Ceiling written by Nina Anderson and published by Safe Goods. This book was released on 2009 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Above the Glass Ceiling chronicles the accomplishments of pioneering women flyers and distaff members of the aviation industry from the 1800s to the present, noting their specific struggles because they entered a man's profession! Their personal stories, determination, passion, triumphs, and disappointments provide insight into what kept them moving toward their dream. This book gives hope to everyone who has the qualifications to achieve his or her career goal.
Download or read book Jorgy written by Holger Jorgensen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jorgy" Jorgensen is a legendary Alaska Native bush pilot, but his life is much more than a great flying story. He was raised by his Inupiat Eskimo mother and his Norwegian gold-miner father in a tiny mining camp in interior Alaska. After his father's death during the Depression, when Jorgy was only seven, they lived a subsistence lifestyle: Jorgy worked in the gold mines, ran a trap line, and mushed dogs. He served in Mukluk Marston's Alaska Territorial Guard and was a sergeant by the age of 17. After Pearl Harbor, he became Sig Wien's fire potter and gas boy, and learned to fly. He operated a dragline in the summer, he was a boxing champion, and he singlehandedly desegregated Nome's movie theater. His flying career was equally varied: he flew all across Alaska, from the T-3 ice island delivering scientific equipment and supplies, to delivering cargoes of fresh fish in King Salmon, to moving reindeer from Hagemeister Island; he flew in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, Canada. He flew from 1943 to 2001, logging more than 35,000 hours of flight time, with only one--minor--accident. Telling his extraordinary life story in spare, no-fuss fashion, this book allows a vivid glimpse into a tulmultuous and exciting period in aviation from the point of view of one of Alaska's early Native bush pilots.
Download or read book Thanks for the Great Flight written by Captain James F Vaughan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I never considered I would become an airline pilot. It was always " too expensive "or "took too much time", or I would not be hired "with-out a four college degree". Perhaps because " I wore eye-glasses..." I was content to offer Flight Instruction in my community, and did quite well teaching new low time private pilot students, and Advanced certificate pilots. I have been employed by six airlines, and the only reason I was hired at each one was because the airline needed pilots to operate the airline! I began researching the commercial pilot status and numbers, and realized there truly is a pilot shortage world wide. In my book I speak about the training and preparation that go into obtaining a pilot license. I will take the reader on an actual Airline Transport Pilot check-flight, describing the sensations and maneuvers required for the Captain candidate to master. We will fly a simulator during our training, and I will relate a humorous story that helped to break up the monotony of performing the same flight profile over, and over again. I will explain the various aircraft systems as they pertain to flight, so perhaps a non-pilot airline passenger may feel more informed of how an aircraft operates. I will also address the aircraft performance factors that may actually aid the passenger in selecting routes and times, to ease their occasional travel delays. Lastly, I will relate a few "super-natural " instances that by my only explanation the Christian Lord was watching over my flight. I have truly been blessed in my life by becoming a commercial airline pilot!
Download or read book I Just Wanted to Fly hardcover written by Jim Tilmon and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I Just Wanted to Fly" is Jim Tilmon's story of his journey from seeing an American Airlines airplane at age 5, deciding he wanted to be a commercial airline pilot, believing he could and fulfilling that dream 26 years later. It is a fascinating and remarkable story particularly because he is a Black man who grew up in a segregated society and faced challenge and resistance nearly every step of the way.
Download or read book Contrails written by Roger Thompson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of aviation stories spanning the 37-year career of pilot Roger Thompson.
Download or read book A Pilots History written by Carl Moesly and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the compelling story of a. man who learned to fly before WWII. He soon joined the regular army air corps as a private. As war became inevitable he completed flight training as a staff sergeant and had the wings of a military pilot. He flew bombers, fighters and transport aircraft before being sent to the Pacific area. Flying C-54's loaded with priority cargo and personnel in and the wounded out. It was one bloody island after another from the East Indies to Tokyo, not flying as a group but as a single sitting duck for the enemy and friendly fire. As a single plane he landed at Atsugi airport to bring out the first loads of decimated allied prisoners. This was followed by flying "the hump" to help Chang Kia-chek against the communists. Discharged as a captain, he flew for up-start airlines that went bankrupt one after another. Two major carriers did no better. He was called to active duty during the Korean War to drop a weather station in northeast Greenland. Again a civilian, he was a chief pilot, operations director, a student of design and aeronautical engineering while running an aircraft conversion shop. From Peru to the Artic wastelands and places around the world were his work area. This was followed by being a personal pilot and aviation consultant for powerful executives.
Download or read book Flight to Heaven written by Capt. Dale Black and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine getting a glimpse of heaven, a preview of life in God's presence. Could life here ever be the same? Capt. Dale Black has flown as a commercial pilot all over the world, but one flight changed his life forever--an amazing journey to heaven and back. The only survivor of a horrific plane crash, Dale was hovering between life and death when he had a wondrous experience of heaven. What he saw, what he heard, and what he learned there continues to ripple through his life and touch others. Against all odds, Dale miraculously recovered from his injuries and learned to fly again. Now, with his life as a testament, he shares his inspiring story--offering hope and encouragement for those dealing with serious injuries or the loss of a loved one, and those looking for assurance about this life and the next. Experience a Life-Changing Vision of Heaven
