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Imagine what it would be like to talk and
fly with the men who flew the airplanes of World War II. What was
in their minds as they made their first solos? And what was air
combat like? FLYING THROUGH TIME is the closest many of us will
come to understanding what it was like to be a WWII aviator. Tens
of thousands of Americas pilots during World War II trained in the
Boeing Stearman biplane. For most, it was their first airplane in a
series of larger, faster, and more dangerous aircraft that they
used to fight the war. The pilots would never forget their first
flights in a Stearman and the adventures that followed. Jim Doyle,
owner of a restored 1941 Stearman, retraced the wartime journeys of
his plane, crossing the country twice; flying over California,
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas; and
touching down at each of the eight bases at which it served. FLYING
THROUGH TIME is the story of Doyles challenging flight and of the
uncertainties of piloting a sixty-year-old biplane almost 8,000
miles. His experiences meeting, talking, and flying with the men
who flew the legendary Stearman paint a vivid picture of the
intense, emotion-filled days of World War II. The pilots
recollections, refreshed for many when they took the controls of
Doyles plane, are woven throughout the narrative of his trip. These
anecdotes, and new information from an archive discovered during
the flight, tell of fears, courage, humor, and the sheer adventure
of the events that owned the veterans youth. This is
seat-of-the-pants flying at its most thrilling, recalling a time
when ordinary young Americans were called upon to be heroes.
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| ISBN-10: 1574884476 ISBN-13: 9781574884470 |
Hardback - May 2003 |
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