Flight Lines: Assorted Lies, Recollections And War Stories - 9781525500114

Almost forty years of professional flying in more than a dozen aircraft types-from supersonic RCAF jet fighters to helicopters to B747s-along with summer flying training while attending The Royal Military College of Canada, a solid career on the flight decks of a fleet of Air Canada aircraft, RCAF/Government VIP Challenger flights transporting heads of state and royal houses, and a career finishing in the left seat of the Boeing 767 comprise the high-flying highlights of retired Captain A. Kent Smerdon's career as a pilot. And it makes for a fascinating read. Here, find a highly personal collection of airborne war stories that capture the experience of a career spent on many different kinds of wings. Flight Lines: Assorted Lies, Recollections, and War Stories is fast-paced and delightfully studded with personal touches, high drama, and thundering humour. Readers are treated to the inside experiences of a flying man, complete with intimate insights, technical asides and a steady current of entertaining stories about the enduringly compelling adventures of a full-throttle life airborne....

• | Author: Captain A. Kent Smerdon, Mr. Barry Kennedy
• | Publisher: FriesenPress
• | Publication Date: Apr 17, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 318 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 1525500112
• | ISBN-13: 9781525500114