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by Marvin Arnold (Author)
This is the revised and corrected 3rd and last edition of this book which was first published in 2003. The book is a series of short vignettes linked together to relate the memories of an aviator in a golden age of civil and military aviation. These are the kind of hangar flying stories pilots tell when they are not airborne, waiting out the weather or standing around drinking coffee. It is also the biography of a generation born in the 1930s, too late to fly dirigibles or be barnstormers and too young for WWII; stories of the forgotten aircraft engineers and pilots of the 1960s and 70s, who helped make air travel safer than riding the bus, all told with humor and rich sarcasm.
Author Biography
Marvin Arnold grew up during WWII and although born in Oklahoma, he grew up wherever his Air Force father was stationed; like the Air Research base at Wright Field. The author attended the Oklahoma City University and the University of Dallas and became a civilian pilot at age nineteen, served on active duty with the Naval Air Reserve as an ASW aircrewman and later an officer in the Guard; currently holding a commercial license with instrument, multi-engine and seaplane ratings, owned and has flown dozens of different types of aircraft throughout his years of flying, was also one of the early members of the CAF, flew as an air taxi pilot on DC3s for Greater Southwest Aviation and was CEO of Flight Dynamics FAA flight training school and fixed base operation at Amon Carter Field in Fort Worth. As a design engineer, Arnold worked in the cockpit and environmental design groups on aircraft like the Chance Vought, General Dynamics, Lockheed and Aerospatiale.
