Alaska Floatplane
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (904 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004SI42K4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 553 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A little gem for aviation fans Amazon Customer When you're a fan of aviation and of seaplanes specifically, you're desperate to find good and entertaining reading. Alaska Floatplane is just that. Mr Hughes is a fantastic story teller, and the format of the book where short stories alternate with the chapters of a more dramatic one build a wonderfully balanced pace. A professional pilot brings credibility and colors to the stories, a great writer keeps the reader wanting more pages to turn; Clancy Hughes is bot
These stories, mostly true, contain the art, science and romance of the float plane. What follows paints much of the color and mood of Alaska aviation. These are memoirs of an air taxi aircraft and a doctor with a love of the art. Included too, you may find a few examples of what not to do --- and a bit of dreaming.. The place is the Lower Cook Inlet. The visitor and the uninitiated may enjoy some detail of the how and why of operation and a bit of hanger flying with the old time pilots.If you are so inclined, these pages may be useful as a handbook of safety and sub-arctic survival for both pilot and adventurer