best flying books?

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.

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

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

Richard Bach and Jeffrey Quill's 'Spitfire'

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Sincerely,
Quilljar

Anything by John J. Nance:

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

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada

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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

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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

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

007


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Bill E. Burk
Publisher, Elvis World Magazine

[Remove "NOSP" from my e-mail address]

"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.

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

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

jb