Spins

Jim Logajan wrote in
:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Ernie Gann's " A gathering of Eagles" is about WW1 and is excellent.

Found "In the Company of Eagles" by Gann; suspect you misremembered
the title?


Yes, that's it. The story is perhaps a bit corny, but the imagery is
fantastic, especially the actual combat and flying descriptions. Highly
romanticised.

The incoparable "Saggitarius Rising" has to be the best, though.

Interesting that Amazon suggests Sagittarius and Winged Victory as a
common pairing.

Winged
Warfare by Billy Bishop, also very Good.

Noted.

Rene Fonck's autobiography as well...

Is that book titled "Ace of Aces" by Capt. Rene Fonck? (There is
another book titled "Ace of Aces" by Jeffers about Eddie
Rickenbacker.)



Yes, I think so. I read it years ago. Fonck is a bit of a braggart, but he
was probably the highest scoring ace of the war ( most of the action tok
place over Germany, so kills were easier to record for the Germans, IIRC
Albert Ball is another contender for that title) But it is a first person
account, as is Bishop's.

On Jan 25, 1:24 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote :

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Ernie Gann's " A gathering of Eagles" is about WW1 and is excellent.

Found "In the Company of Eagles" by Gann; suspect you misremembered
the title?

Yes, that's it. The story is perhaps a bit corny, but the imagery is
fantastic, especially the actual combat and flying descriptions. Highly
romanticised.





The incoparable "Saggitarius Rising" has to be the best, though.

Interesting that Amazon suggests Sagittarius and Winged Victory as a
common pairing.

Winged
Warfare by Billy Bishop, also very Good.

Noted.

Rene Fonck's autobiography as well...

Is that book titled "Ace of Aces" by Capt. Rene Fonck? (There is
another book titled "Ace of Aces" by Jeffers about Eddie
Rickenbacker.)

Yes, I think so. I read it years ago. Fonck is a bit of a braggart, but he
was probably the highest scoring ace of the war ( most of the action tok
place over Germany, so kills were easier to record for the Germans, IIRC
Albert Ball is another contender for that title) But it is a first person
account, as is Bishop's.

Another interesting take on WWI aerial adventures is "Iron Men With
Wooden Wings" by Quentin Reynolds. Definitely long out of print - a
real find if you ever happen across it in a used book store.

On Jan 24, 8:21*pm, "Dan Luke" wrote:
Nice to see you back.

Yeah, I guess I did vanish for a while. Too much was going on.

Still doing angel flights?

Not as many as I used to, but I'm hoping that will change.

How's the Twinkie doing?

2000+ hours on the engines, and still going strong.

Michael

"Michael" wrote:

Still doing angel flights?

Not as many as I used to, but I'm hoping that will change.

Same here. I'm doing some flying for a conservation organization. Can't do
it all.

How's the Twinkie doing?

2000+ hours on the engines, and still going strong.

Bless her soul.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM