Flight of the Golden Falcon Book 2 - Paperback

by Robert Frister (Author)

This is the continuation of a young boy who heard the drone of an aircraft engine and looked skyward to see a small yellow aircraft circling overhead and flying away. He knew then he wanted to fly. His dream would become a reality that would lead him to fly for the only airline he wanted to fly for and that was. Eastern Air Lines. Fly with him in setting a World Speed Record. And, after fifty years of flight, receive the highest honor bestowed upon a pilot by the Federal Aviation Administration. The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. Learn what it is really like to be an airline pilot and captain. The good side and the bad side. Be with him when Mother Nature is at her worst, with lightning strikes, wind shears, and microbursts. This too, is about those pilots whom he had the privilege to fly with and who shared their stories of flying combat missions during World War Two with him. Read their stories of true heroism as told to him. This is the journey of his remarkable life in the heavens. Written as he lived it. One that you won't forget. "When you stand on the ground and look skyward, all you see is the sky. When you fly and look down, you see the world.