Solo: My Adventures in the Air
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9781565128361
9781565128361
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| Grouping Title | solo my adventures in the air |
| Grouping Author | clyde edgerton |
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| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-25 03:07:58AM |
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"A heartfelt celebration of the flying life." —The New York Times
When Clyde Edgerton was four years old, his mother took him to the local airport to see the planes. For Edgerton, it was love at first sight. Eighteen years later, she would take him to the same airport to catch a flight to Texas for Air Force pilot training. In Solo, Edgerton tells the story of his lifelong love affair with flying, from his childlike wonder to his job as a fighter pilot flying reconnaissance over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Now, nearly thirty-five years after the war in Vietnam, he looks back at his youthful passion for flying, at the joy he took in mastering it, at the exhilaration—and lingering anguish—of combat flying. It is a story told with empathy and humor—and with searing honesty that will resonate with every pilot who remembers the first takeoff, the first landing, the first solo. For the nonpilots who always choose the window seat, it’s a thrilling story to live vicariously.
When Clyde Edgerton was four years old, his mother took him to the local airport to see the planes. For Edgerton, it was love at first sight. Eighteen years later, she would take him to the same airport to catch a flight to Texas for Air Force pilot training. In Solo, Edgerton tells the story of his lifelong love affair with flying, from his childlike wonder to his job as a fighter pilot flying reconnaissance over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Now, nearly thirty-five years after the war in Vietnam, he looks back at his youthful passion for flying, at the joy he took in mastering it, at the exhilaration—and lingering anguish—of combat flying. It is a story told with empathy and humor—and with searing honesty that will resonate with every pilot who remembers the first takeoff, the first landing, the first solo. For the nonpilots who always choose the window seat, it’s a thrilling story to live vicariously.
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Olivia Raney Local History
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9781565124264
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2005
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2006
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Algonquin Books
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography
Novelists -- United States -- Biography
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography
Novelists -- United States -- Biography
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American
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Solo My Adventures in the Air
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Solo : my adventures in the air / Clyde Edgerton
Solo My Adventures in the Air
Solo My Adventures in the Air
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Solo
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My Adventures in the Air
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Aerial operations, American
Air pilots
Air pilots, Military
Biography & Autobiography
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Novelists
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Air pilots
Air pilots, Military
Biography & Autobiography
Nonfiction
Novelists
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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