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Ron Allan
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Kimber C. Turner
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Don't worry about your tray table and seat back for this one. Forget what you've been told about the romantic notion of the airline business. It's not like what you've seen in the movies. Buckle your seat belt and join Captain Kimber C. Turner for a flight over a thirty year career of ups and downs in aviation. This story of his love/hate life in airplanes will take you from laughter to livid and back again. Kimber C. Turner is a retired airline pilot with over 18,000 hours of flight time, and a former radio talk show host. Now he is out of the sky and off of the air. In his retirement, Captain Turner does some voice over work and an occasional guest spot on the radio. He also writes a book now and then.
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Boarding an airplane strikes at least a small sense of fear into most people. Even though we all have heard that the odds of being struck by lightning are greater than the odds of perishing in a plane crash, it still doesn't feel that way. Airplane crashes might be rare, but they do happen, and they’re usually fatal. David Soucie insists that most of these deaths could be prevented. He’s worked as a pilot, a mechanic, an FAA inspector, and an aviation executive. He’s seen death up close and personal - deaths of colleagues and friends that might have been prevented if he had approved certain safety measures in the aircrafts they were handling.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Me, Me, Me
- De WakeNCAgent en 09-13-19
De: David Soucie, y otros
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Skygods
- The Fall of Pan Am
- De: Robert Gandt
- Narrado por: Thomas Block
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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Originally published by Wm. Morrow, in 1995, Skygods is the saga of America's most glamorous airline - from its meteoric ascent to its plunge to extinction. Pan Am blazed the way across the world's oceans with its magnificent Clipper ships, launched the first international jet service, was the first to fly the behemoth 747, was the lead customer for America's SST and the Concorde, and was even taking reservations for the first commercial flights to the moon.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Absorbing Slice of Social History
- De S. Perry en 06-01-14
De: Robert Gandt
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Sully
- My Search for What Really Matters
- De: Chesley B. Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow
- Narrado por: Michael McConnohie, Chesley B. Sullenberger
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. His story is now a major motion picture from director/producer Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, and Aaron Eckhart.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Really Dull.
- De Nick en 09-14-16
De: Chesley B. Sullenberger, y otros
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The Dream Machine
- The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey
- De: Richard Whittle
- Narrado por: Kevin Foley
- Duración: 18 h y 32 m
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When the Marines decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid "tiltrotor" called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted it would reshape civilian aviation. The Marines saw it as key to their very survival. Opponents called it one of the worst boondoggles in Pentagon history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Innovation runs into government
- De Cx30 en 09-25-10
De: Richard Whittle
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First Man
- The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
- De: James R. Hansen
- Narrado por: Jeremy Bobb
- Duración: 16 h y 26 m
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When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over 50 hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private documents and family sources, this "magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) is an unparalleled biography of an American icon.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not really 'unabridged'
- De A Reader en 06-06-18
De: James R. Hansen
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Inside Marine One
- Four U.S. Presidents, One Proud Marine, and the World's Most Amazing Helicopter
- De: Lee Kelley, Ray L'Heureux
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 7 h y 11 m
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Inside Marine One is Colonel L'Heureux's inspiring story of a young man who dreamed of flying, trained, studied, and worked hard to become the pilot who ended up serving four US Presidents - George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. It's also a personal guided tour inside the world's most famous helicopter by a man who knows that flying machine better than any other. Inside Marine One is a great American success story of a young boy who dreamed big, worked hard, and finally flew the President of the United States as his number one passenger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book
- De John A. en 01-05-23
De: Lee Kelley, y otros
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35 Miles from Shore
- The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980
- De: Emilio Corsetti III
- Narrado por: Fred Filbrich
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
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On May 2, 1970, a DC-9 jet with 57 passengers and a crew of six departed from New York's JFK International Airport en route to the tropical island of St. Maarten, but four hours and 34 minutes later, the flight ended in the shark-infested waters of the Caribbean. It was, and remains, the only open-water ditching of a commercial jet. The subsequent rescue of survivors took nearly three hours and involved the coast guard, navy, and marines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a new perspective on air travel
- De Midwestbonsai en 03-30-17
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Scapegoat
- A Flight Crew's Journey from Heroes to Villains to Redemption
- De: Emilio Corsetti III
- Narrado por: Fred Filbrich
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
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On April 4, 1979, a Boeing 727 with 82 passengers and a crew of seven rolled over and plummeted from an altitude of 39,000 feet to within seconds of crashing, were it not for the crew's actions to save the plane. The cause of the unexplained dive was the subject of one of the longest NTSB investigations at that time. While the crew's efforts to save TWA 841 were initially hailed as heroic, that all changed when safety inspectors found 21 minutes of the 30-minute cockpit voice recorder tape blank.
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4 out of 5 stars
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pits large faceless entitles against a small group
- De Midwestbonsai en 08-15-16
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The Flight 981 Disaster
- Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth
- De: Samme Chittum
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
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On June 12, 1972, a powerful explosion rocked American Airlines Flight 96 a mere five minutes after its takeoff from Detroit. The explosion ripped a gaping hole in the bottom of the aircraft and jammed the hydraulic controls. Miraculously, despite the damage and ensuing chaos, the pilots were able to land the plane safely. Less than two years later, on March 3, 1974, a sudden, forceful blowout tore through Turk Hava Yollari (THY) Flight 981 from Paris to London. THY Flight 981 was not as lucky as Flight 96: it crashed in a forest in France.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Fill fill fill...
- De Rodney en 02-15-22
De: Samme Chittum
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From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog
- Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot
- De: Steven K Ladd
- Narrado por: Jeff Bolton
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
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You do not have to be an aviation aficionado to enjoy Colonel Steve Ladd’s fascinating personal tale, woven around his 28-year career as a fighter pilot. This extremely engaging account follows a young man from basic pilot training to senior command through the narratives that define a unique ethos. From the United States to Southeast Asia; Europe to the Middle East; linking the amusing and tongue-in-cheek to the deadly serious and poignant, this is the lifelong journey of a fighter pilot.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A 28 year history of Air Force fighter duty.
- De David H Milton en 07-09-22
De: Steven K Ladd
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Come Up and Get Me
- An Autobiography of Colonel Joe Kittinger
- De: Joe Kittinger, Craig Ryan
- Narrado por: Christian Rummel
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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A few years after his release from a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp, in 1973, Colonel Joseph Kittinger retired from the Air Force. Restless and unchallenged, he turned to ballooning, a lifelong passion as well as a constant diversion for his imagination during his imprisonment. His primary goal was a solitary circumnavigation of the globe, and in its pursuit he set several ballooning distance records, including the first solo crossing of the Atlantic in 1984. But the aeronautical feats that first made him an American hero had occurred a quarter of a century earlier....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A rewarding read
- De Andrew Braddick en 03-25-13
De: Joe Kittinger, y otros
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Pathfinder Pioneer
- The Memoir of a Lead Bomber Pilot in World War II
- De: Raymond E. Brim
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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In this engaging audiobook, we see how an 18-year-old miner shoveling ore from deep in the ground in Utah suddenly found himself, only two years later, 30,000 feet in the air over Nazi Germany, piloting a Flying Fortress in the first wave of America's air counteroffensive in Europe. Pathfinder Pioneer gives us vivid insights into the genesis of the American air campaign, told with the humor, attention to detail, and humility that captures the heart and soul of our Greatest Generation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Good Recounting of WW2 Bomber Missions
- De Sean en 07-25-17
De: Raymond E. Brim
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The Crash Detectives
- Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters
- De: Christine Negroni
- Narrado por: Christine Negroni
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
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In The Crash Detectives, veteran aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni takes us inside crash investigations from the early days of the jet age to the present, including the search for answers about what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As Negroni dissects what happened and why, she explores their common themes and, most important, what has been learned from them to make planes safer.
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2 out of 5 stars
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MISSLEADING TITLE.
- De Daniel Schneider en 11-02-16
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Topgun Days
- Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks
- De: Dave "Bio" Baranek
- Narrado por: Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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Dave Baranek (callsign "Bio") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the Cold War, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor at the navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio was responsible for teaching the navy's and Marine Corps' best fighter pilots how to be even better. He schooled them in the classroom and then went head-to-head with them in the skies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top Gun or Topgun
- De Randy en 02-19-13
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Within Arm's Length
- A Secret Service Agent's Definitive Inside Account of Protecting the President
- De: Dan Emmett
- Narrado por: Kevin Foley
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
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Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The events surrounding the president's death shaped the course of young Emmett's life as he set a goal of becoming a U.S. Secret Service agent-one of a special group of people willing to trade their lives for that of the president, if necessary. Within Arm's Length is a revealing and compelling inside look at the Secret Service and the elite Presidential Protective Division (PPD).
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3 out of 5 stars
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Obviously a dedicated patriot
- De Nick L en 11-19-14
De: Dan Emmett
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The Great Stewardess Rebellion
- How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet
- De: Nell McShane Wulfhart
- Narrado por: Bonnie Friel
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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It was the Golden Age of Travel, and everyone wanted in. As flying boomed in the 1960s, women from across the United States applied for jobs as stewardesses. They were drawn to the promise of glamorous jet-setting, the chance to see the world, and an alternative to traditional occupations like homemaking, nursing, and teaching.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazingly true!!
- De Kay en 08-13-23
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Kelly
- More Than My Share of It All
- De: Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, Maggie Smith, Brig. Gen. Leo P. Geary USAF - ret. - foreword
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
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Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Memoir of a Legend
- De Jean en 08-26-19
De: Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, y otros
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Flying Drunk
- De: Joseph Balzer
- Narrado por: Joseph Balzer
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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Since he was a young boy, Joe Balzer dreamed of flying. He pursued his goal with passion and earned his pilot licenses, piling up hours of flight time with a wide variety of planes and jets with one overarching goal: to one day fly for a major airline. But Joe had a problem. He was an alcoholic and refused to admit to himself that he had a problem. His alcoholism caught up with him in March 1990, when Joe was arrested with two other pilots for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence of alcohol.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly provocative...
- De William en 11-10-09
De: Joseph Balzer
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Freight Dog: The Dark Side of Aviation
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- Justin G.
- 06-18-18
Freight Pilot
This recommended audio book was a good insight into a career as a freight pilot. A good way to spearhead the industry for yourself.
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- Gary B.
- 08-03-22
Good career example.
Well written with details that aren’t learned anywhere else. And a story that keeps the listener interested.
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- Joshua L.
- 12-02-14
Enjoyed the insight into aviation
If you could sum up Freight Dog in three words, what would they be?
just like us
What was one of the most memorable moments of Freight Dog?
hearing about messages being left in dome lights is a neat idea
Which scene was your favorite?
thinking about the extravagant travel during the good years
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
in the clouds or hopelessly grounded
Any additional comments?
Enjoyed the narration to keep me intrigued.
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- Bob
- 08-28-17
excellent book
I normally don't get short books with Audible
but this time I did, and I found the book very entertaining. I am a pilot and the aviation aspect of it was excellent.
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- Walter
- 09-23-15
Not Real Interesting
Was hoping for an eye-opening look at nighttime aviation. Instead, minimal good pilot stories, but lots of complaining about management, which was really boring.
No personal stories, minimal flying stories and barely a word about the successful freight airlines, FedEx and UPS.
Short, mostly boring and , yet another case of a good narrator saving a not-great story.
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- Osamah Alabdullah
- 09-17-17
Aviation enthusiasts must get this.
If you have the slightest interest in aviation you ought to read this. A truly wonderful story.
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- Marie Jakowski
- 01-02-19
Employee Rant
Any one of us could’ve written the same book about our own work experiences. This is mostly a litany of grievances against incompetent managers and bosses with some explanations about the job of freight pilot thrown in. I don’t disagree that we all have these same types of experiences but why relive someone else’s story when we all have our own?
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- Orrlando
- 02-28-18
surprising
this audio book was better than I expected it to be. Not to mention it was easy to listen to and follow along .
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- Brandon
- 05-22-16
A good quick read.
Could have been longer. There were several areas where more detail would have been nice. A great read nonetheless.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-20-19
nice to get pilot's perspective
I am a truck driver who did Long haul ground freight out of Wilmington, I enjoyed the pilot's perspective
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