Showing posts with label pilots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pilots. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Tailspin/Sandra Brown/424 pgs





Most pilots avoid flying in extreme or bad weather, but not Rye Mallett.  This pilot agrees to fly on Thanksgiving in heavy fog that has closed nearly every airport in the Atlanta region.  The cargo, unknown to him, is time sensitive and has an anxious recipient.  However, the person meeting the plane, Brynn O'Neal, has other ideas for the cargo.  Mallett's landing is compromised when someone shines a laser at the plane blinding him as he attempts landing.  Climbing from the wreckage, he unexpectedly meets Brynn and they head to the airport office to find out what happened.  There they find the air traffic controller of the small, rural airport injured and unconscious.  The situation gets heated when Brynn and Rye Mallett realize that they are in danger and must run to protect themselves and the "cargo."  This is a good thriller worth reading.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Sully: My Search for What Really Matters/ Chesley B. Sullenberger lll/ 340 pages

Sully: My Search for What Really Matters is a memoir of the events of January 15, 2009 and much more.  The author retraces his youth in Texas beginning with his love of flight and flying lessons at the age of 16.  He moves on to his military career and finally his work for Southwest Pacific Air and US Air.  Interspersed are the events of January 15 which culminated in the safe landing of US Air Flight 1549 in the Hudson River.  Through out the book Sully stresses that he is not a hero, he simply did what he had been trained to do.  The read is easy and not overly technical.  The book contains the actual cockpit conversation with the pilots and air traffic control from January 15.  The reader also gets to meet Sully's family and his thoughts on family life.