Honey, I Bought an Airplane (ePub)
Stories, Histories and Recollections of 597 Flights in the Midwest
(Sprache: Englisch)
No one else ever took a trip like this.
Nearly 600 trips, actually. But who cares, I thought, when first approached to edit the manuscript for this book about flying into every little airport in Indiana, then moving on to those in surrounding states?...
Nearly 600 trips, actually. But who cares, I thought, when first approached to edit the manuscript for this book about flying into every little airport in Indiana, then moving on to those in surrounding states?...
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No one else ever took a trip like this.
Nearly 600 trips, actually. But who cares, I thought, when first approached to edit the manuscript for this book about flying into every little airport in Indiana, then moving on to those in surrounding states? Pilots? Perhaps. Even so
Im a writer, not a pilot. And Bob Hechlinski is a pilot not a writer. Except Bob has an insatiable curiosity about people, places, events, you name it. To him, an airport is more than a name or a spot on a map. Hes a great listener. He has ears and eyes for detail nuggets that many people either overlook or dont connect with other nuggets like dots on a page, to create picture after picture after picture.
And Bob has a gift for gab. Storytelling, if you will. So if you believe (as I do) that writing is talking when you cant be there, give this book a listen.
Hear things you never knew about John Dillinger, Al Capone, a WWII pilot named OHare back-road encounters on Mackinac Island and not flying under the bridge out-maneuvering storm clouds the Oshkosh air show close-knit neighborhoods with hangar-garages airports in Ohio police in Gary, Indiana the link between Northwestern University and a historic Lake Michigan passenger-ferry tragedy how a teenagers Happy Birthday flight launched a career and more. Much more.
Some people read books from page 1; the opening line hooks them. Others check the ending first. (If I like how it ends, Ill like getting there.) With Honey, feel free to start in the middle; pick a page any page. Chances are, you will quickly be drawn in and pulled onward from one mini-tale to the next. And at some point, youll say Geez, lets go back and read the rest! I did.
Cmon along for the ride. Bob makes even the shortest hop a fun trip.
Richard E. Schingoethe
Nearly 600 trips, actually. But who cares, I thought, when first approached to edit the manuscript for this book about flying into every little airport in Indiana, then moving on to those in surrounding states? Pilots? Perhaps. Even so
Im a writer, not a pilot. And Bob Hechlinski is a pilot not a writer. Except Bob has an insatiable curiosity about people, places, events, you name it. To him, an airport is more than a name or a spot on a map. Hes a great listener. He has ears and eyes for detail nuggets that many people either overlook or dont connect with other nuggets like dots on a page, to create picture after picture after picture.
And Bob has a gift for gab. Storytelling, if you will. So if you believe (as I do) that writing is talking when you cant be there, give this book a listen.
Hear things you never knew about John Dillinger, Al Capone, a WWII pilot named OHare back-road encounters on Mackinac Island and not flying under the bridge out-maneuvering storm clouds the Oshkosh air show close-knit neighborhoods with hangar-garages airports in Ohio police in Gary, Indiana the link between Northwestern University and a historic Lake Michigan passenger-ferry tragedy how a teenagers Happy Birthday flight launched a career and more. Much more.
Some people read books from page 1; the opening line hooks them. Others check the ending first. (If I like how it ends, Ill like getting there.) With Honey, feel free to start in the middle; pick a page any page. Chances are, you will quickly be drawn in and pulled onward from one mini-tale to the next. And at some point, youll say Geez, lets go back and read the rest! I did.
Cmon along for the ride. Bob makes even the shortest hop a fun trip.
Richard E. Schingoethe
Autoren-Porträt von Bob Hechlinski
B O B H E C H L I N S K I is a productof South Bend, Indiana. Born in
1941, his parochial education was
halted at age seventeen. At graduation
from High school, he was
faced with a serious job shortage.
The military, however, seemed to
be a practical step. With limited
options and a depressed economy,
he enlisted in the Air Force. He
would spend the next four years in
direct, daily contact with airplanes.
Some would be jets but mostly reciprocating
cargo aircraft; principally
C-124’s and C-47’s. During a
2 year assignment in the Territory
of Alaska, he would often fly as an
in-flight mechanic. Heady stuff for
a 17 or18 year old, but the seed
had been planted and was taking
root. Thanks to the Vietnam
GI Bill, a B.S. Degree from Indiana
University was soon in hand. Add
an understanding wife and, it was
time for flying lessons and a Private
Pilot license. The rest, as they
say, is history.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Bob Hechlinski
- 2012, 344 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: AUTHORHOUSE
- ISBN-10: 1463439911
- ISBN-13: 9781463439910
- Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2012
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