best flying books?

[Cubdriver]

I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
Flight of Passage.

What are your favorites?

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

"Cubdriver" <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in message
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>
> I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
> flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
> Flight of Passage.
>
> What are your favorites?
>
> Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

"God Is My Co Pilot", but you probably already have it listed :-)
Dudley Henriques

[Dan Luke]

"Cubdriver" <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in message
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>
> I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
> flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
> Flight of Passage.
>
> What are your favorites?


_Chickenhawk_ by Robert Mason



_Samurai_ by Saburo Sakai with Martin Caidin



_Thunderbolt_ by Robert S. Johnson



_Wind,Sand and Stars_ by Antoine de Saint-Exupery


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Dan
C172RG at BFM

[Kyle Boatright]

"Cubdriver" <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in message
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>
> I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
> flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
> Flight of Passage.
>
> What are your favorites?
>
> Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

Richard Bach's GA books - A Gift of Wings, Biplane, and Nothing By Chance.

KB

[Bertie the Bunyip[_2_]]

Cubdriver <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in
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> I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
> flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
> Flight of Passage.
>
> What are your favorites?
>

X-15, the edge of Space by Milt Thompson
Sagittarius Rising
I could never be so lucky again, Jimmy Doolittle.
In the Company of Eagles, Ernie Gann. Hell, anything by Ernie Gann
Night Flight, Antoine St Exupery, again, anything by St Ex.
Most of Richard Bach's stuff too.

And I was a teenage wannabe, by MxSmanic


Bertie

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On May 5, 4:58 pm, "Dan Luke" > wrote:

> _Wind,Sand and Stars_ by Antoine de Saint-Exupery


That's a favorite; it's also included in "A trilogy: Airman's
Odyssey" , all by A. dS.E.

For history, there's
Boyd, by Robert Coram (about John Boyd, a distinctively different
military pilot. Excellent commentary on management style!)

The Bishop's Boys, by Crouch, about the Wrights. Solid with lots
of fascinating detail.

[Quilljar]

Richard Bach and Jeffrey Quill's 'Spitfire'

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[john hawkins]

Nevil Shute
No Highway
Round the bend
Slide rule
Robert Buck
weather flying
Langewiesche (father)
srick and rudder
Langewiesche (son)
inside the sky
All time best
fate is the hunter

"Kyle Boatright" > wrote in message
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> "Cubdriver" <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
>> flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
>> Flight of Passage.
>>
>> What are your favorites?
>>
>> Blue skies! -- Dan Ford
>
> Richard Bach's GA books - A Gift of Wings, Biplane, and Nothing By Chance.
>
> KB
>

[Ron Natalie]

Forsyth's The Shepherd. It's a novella and out of print but
fabulous reading (it was a requirement for my instrument
training).

The original Haley "Airport" (and even Runway 08)

Any of Robin White's books (Flight from Winter's Shadow, Sword
of Orion) (By the way, not aviation related, but very good and
NON FICTION: Hostile Waters, not to be confused with the
schlocky HBO movie of roughly the same subject).

One that was influential on me, but darned if I remember the
name of the author now was a couple of books by a lawyer you
learned to fly in a Cessna 140. Dated even when I read them,
they were probably written in the '50's, but lots of story
about him learning to fly, etc...

While I found Crichton's Airframe to be entertaining, the
numerous defects in the aviation info in it were somewhat
annoying.

[Longworth[_1_]]

On May 6, 10:32 am, Ron Natalie > wrote:
> One that was influential on me, but darned if I remember the
> name of the author now was a couple of books by a lawyer you
> learned to fly in a Cessna 140. Dated even when I read them,
> they were probably written in the '50's, but lots of story
> about him learning to fly, etc...

Frank Kingston Smith: "Weekend Pilot" & "Weekend Wings". I like his
books as well.

Hai Longworth

[Jack Brown]

On Sat, 05 May 2007 17:41:04 -0400, Cubdriver <usenet AT danford DOT
net> wrote:

>
>I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
>flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
>Flight of Passage.
>
>What are your favorites?
>
>Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

The Shepherd - Frederick Forsythe (great Christmas present for the
pilot)

jb

[H. Adam Stevens]

Stick & Rudder, of course, but it's been mentioned.

Richard Taylor, Instrument Flying

Sparkey Imeson, Mountain Flying

Harvey S. Plourde, The Compleat Taildragger pilot

Cheers
H.


"Jack Brown" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 05 May 2007 17:41:04 -0400, Cubdriver <usenet AT danford DOT
> net> wrote:
>
>>
>>I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
>>flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
>>Flight of Passage.
>>
>>What are your favorites?
>>
>>Blue skies! -- Dan Ford
>
> The Shepherd - Frederick Forsythe (great Christmas present for the
> pilot)
>
> jb
>

[Paul Riley]

"Dudley Henriques" > wrote in message
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> "Cubdriver" <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
>> flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
>> Flight of Passage.
>>
>> What are your favorites?
>>
>> Blue skies! -- Dan Ford
>
> "God Is My Co Pilot", but you probably already have it listed :-)
> Dudley Henriques
>

Hi Dudley,

In case you are interested, the movie of "God Is My Copilot" is currently
scheduled to be broadcast on Turner Classic Movies (I get it via DISH
Satellite Network) on July 10th, 1115-1300, Central Daylight Time. I would
guess that other carriers of TCM will also have it at the same time. One of
my favorite reads as well.

Paul

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

Thanks for the heads up Paul. I actually have a copy of the film in my
library. Bob Scott was a close personal friend for many years.
The "inside story" on how the book was actually written by Bob is quite
interesting as he explained it to me. He was a wonderful fellow and we miss
him a ton. He was active right up to the last.
I actually think I've been exposed to the story for so long now, you could
probably quote me a single line from the film and I could nail the scene in
a few seconds :-))
Dudley

"Paul Riley" > wrote in message
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> "Dudley Henriques" > wrote in message
> ...
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>> "Cubdriver" <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
>>> flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
>>> Flight of Passage.
>>>
>>> What are your favorites?
>>>
>>> Blue skies! -- Dan Ford
>>
>> "God Is My Co Pilot", but you probably already have it listed :-)
>> Dudley Henriques
>>
>
> Hi Dudley,
>
> In case you are interested, the movie of "God Is My Copilot" is currently
> scheduled to be broadcast on Turner Classic Movies (I get it via DISH
> Satellite Network) on July 10th, 1115-1300, Central Daylight Time. I would
> guess that other carriers of TCM will also have it at the same time. One
> of my favorite reads as well.
>
> Paul
>

[Paul Riley]

"Dudley Henriques" > wrote in message
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> Thanks for the heads up Paul. I actually have a copy of the film in my
> library. Bob Scott was a close personal friend for many years.
> The "inside story" on how the book was actually written by Bob is quite
> interesting as he explained it to me. He was a wonderful fellow and we
> miss him a ton. He was active right up to the last.
> I actually think I've been exposed to the story for so long now, you could
> probably quote me a single line from the film and I could nail the scene
> in a few seconds :-))
> Dudley

You are most welcome Dudley. I envy you your close friendship with Col
Scott. Sure wish I could have known him.

I have had the film in my library on video tape for many years. But, tape
does deteriorate over time, so I plan on recording the TCM broadcast to the
Sat Receiver Hard Drive, then put it on DVD. THAT should last for the rest
of my lifetime. :-))))

Paul

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

"Paul Riley" > wrote in message
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> "Dudley Henriques" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Thanks for the heads up Paul. I actually have a copy of the film in my
>> library. Bob Scott was a close personal friend for many years.
>> The "inside story" on how the book was actually written by Bob is quite
>> interesting as he explained it to me. He was a wonderful fellow and we
>> miss him a ton. He was active right up to the last.
>> I actually think I've been exposed to the story for so long now, you
>> could probably quote me a single line from the film and I could nail the
>> scene in a few seconds :-))
>> Dudley
>
> You are most welcome Dudley. I envy you your close friendship with Col
> Scott. Sure wish I could have known him.
>
> I have had the film in my library on video tape for many years. But, tape
> does deteriorate over time, so I plan on recording the TCM broadcast to
> the Sat Receiver Hard Drive, then put it on DVD. THAT should last for the
> rest of my lifetime. :-))))
>
> Paul

Just a bit of "trivia" for you on this.

Bob, being a fine author of many books on several subjects beside flying,
naturally gave many lectures on the rubber chicken circuit through his life.
He always laughed when he told me he spent the better part of that life
answering the same question time and time again about his "famous dogfight"
with Tokyo Joe. (Richard Loo, the wonderful character actor, played TJ in
the film as you probably know. )
Bob said that no matter where he was talking, in the questions afterward,
somebody would always ask him what it was like to have shot down Tokyo Joe.
He had to spend the following 10 minutes explaining how Warner Bros. had put
Joe in the film to make it more "exciting" for the movie goer. Bob could
never figure out why the actual events of the air war in China needed any
"extra" excitment. He said it was "darn near exciting enough as it was" :-)
Privately, he laughingly told me one night that shooting Joe down wouldn't
have been all that hard anyway, since somebody forgot to tell Joe that he
didn't have any guns on that AT6 he was flying at the time :-))
Dudley

[Paul Riley]

"Dudley Henriques" > wrote in message
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>
> Bob, being a fine author of many books on several subjects beside flying,
> naturally gave many lectures on the rubber chicken circuit through his
> life. He always laughed when he told me he spent the better part of that
> life answering the same question time and time again about his "famous
> dogfight" with Tokyo Joe. (Richard Loo, the wonderful character actor,
> played TJ in the film as you probably know. )
> Bob said that no matter where he was talking, in the questions afterward,
> somebody would always ask him what it was like to have shot down Tokyo
> Joe. He had to spend the following 10 minutes explaining how Warner Bros.
> had put Joe in the film to make it more "exciting" for the movie goer. Bob
> could never figure out why the actual events of the air war in China
> needed any "extra" excitment. He said it was "darn near exciting enough as
> it was" :-)
> Privately, he laughingly told me one night that shooting Joe down wouldn't
> have been all that hard anyway, since somebody forgot to tell Joe that he
> didn't have any guns on that AT6 he was flying at the time :-))
> Dudley

Thanks for that Dudley,

It was something I had always wondered about, but just shrugged it off as a
"Hollywood addition". :-)))

In any event, the film does present Col Scott as the way he was--a fine
soldier!!! As I said before, I envy your friendship with him., I just wish I
could have known him personally.

Paul

[Private]

"Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
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> Cubdriver <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in
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>>
>> I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
>> flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter, and
>> Flight of Passage.
>>
>> What are your favorites?
>>
>
> X-15, the edge of Space by Milt Thompson
> Sagittarius Rising
> I could never be so lucky again, Jimmy Doolittle.
> In the Company of Eagles, Ernie Gann. Hell, anything by Ernie Gann
> Night Flight, Antoine St Exupery, again, anything by St Ex.
> Most of Richard Bach's stuff too.
>
> And I was a teenage wannabe, by MxSmanic
>
>
> Bertie

I hesitate to agree with Bertie but...

Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis

Collected Letters of the Wright Bros.
The Published Writings of Wilber and Orville Wright

best short
How to Groundloop Your Taildragger by Lloyd Beaule

[Bertie the Bunyip[_2_]]

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> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
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>> Cubdriver <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in
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>>>
>>> I am making a short list of books about flying (including combat
>>> flying). So far I've got When Thunder Rolled, Fate Is The Hunter,
and
>>> Flight of Passage.
>>>
>>> What are your favorites?
>>>
>>
>> X-15, the edge of Space by Milt Thompson
>> Sagittarius Rising
>> I could never be so lucky again, Jimmy Doolittle.
>> In the Company of Eagles, Ernie Gann. Hell, anything by Ernie Gann
>> Night Flight, Antoine St Exupery, again, anything by St Ex.
>> Most of Richard Bach's stuff too.
>>
>> And I was a teenage wannabe, by MxSmanic
>>
>>
>> Bertie
>
> I hesitate to agree with Bertie but...

Hey, when I'm right I'm right,

And I'm always right.

bertie

[Bill Burk]

Fate is the Hunter, by late Ernest K. Gann ... without any doubts !

007


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[Bob Myers]

"The Cannibal Queen" by Stephen Coonts (yes, the same one who writes
the "Jake Grafton" novels) - flying around the U.S. in a restored Stearman.

"Zero Three Bravo: Solo Across America in a Small Plane," by
Mariana Gosnell. Same idea, but this time it's a Luscombe.

Bob M.

[Geoff Glave]

Anything by John J. Nance:

http://www.johnjnance.com/bookstore/bkcovers.htm

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada