North Star over My Shoulder

A Flying Life

AvBob Buck

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Captain Robert N. Buck retired from TWA after having flown well over two thousand Atlantic crossings and thirty-seven years of service as chief pilot and director of thunderstorm research. During World War II he was engaged in weather research for the U.S. Air Corps, for which he was awarded, as a civilian, the Air Medal by President Harry Truman. More recently, Buck has worked with the International Civil Aviation Organization -- the UN's body for aviation -- to develop a new plan of world airspace. In North Star over My Shoulder, Bob Buck tells of a life spent up and over the clouds, and of the wonderful places and marvelous people who have been a part of that life. He captures the feel, taste, and smell of flying's great early era -- how the people lived, what they did and felt, and what it was really like to be a part of the world as it grew smaller and smaller. A terrific storyteller and a fascinating man, Bob Buck has turned his well-lived life into a delightful memoir for anyone who remembers when there really was something special in the air.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-01-03
Mått:156 x 235 x 30 mm
Vikt:503 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:448
Förlag:Simon & Schuster
ISBN:9780743262309

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Bob Buck is the author of four previous books, including Weather Flying and The Pilot's Burden.

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Walter J. Boyne, former director, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum An absolutely brilliant book by an aviation pioneer! Bob Buck's beautiful writing style conveys his intimate and loving knowledge of aviation, evoking the best of the past...while keeping us solidly grounded in the present. Buck's memoirs put him in the first rank of aviation writers with Ernie Gann and Charles Lindbergh. Any airman will love this book, and any writer will envy it.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsNight Flight Hooked Records Co-Education Apprentice Time Early Airplanes and How We Flew Them Way Out West Copilot Days and Nights Checkout Captain Buck The Battle of Presque Isle Intercontinental Across the North Atlantic Two Kind Words Flights of Fancy with a Purpose Distractions and Adventure Chief Around the World A Brief Debriefing Chance of a Lifetime Back on the Line Paris and Beyond A Summons from Howard Hughes Farewell to Propellers and All That Drove Them 707 Days SST or Not SST Home, and Above Around the World -- Upside Down Grand Dame Fin Index