You Want to Build and Fly a WHAT?
by Dick Starks
Illustrated by Bob Stevens
2nd Printing
256 pages, softcover
many cartoons and photos
$15.95
Butterfield Press, ISBN 0-932579-06-X
Intro | Details | Table of Contents | Book Excerpts | Reviews
Foreword
Introduction
I. How it all Began
"Take her around yourself and see what it's like."
"Cessna 77212, What Are Your Intentions?"
Cross Country...Alone!
"You're a student pilot, aren't ya?"
Stalls and Spins
They're fun when you do them right.
The Instrument Lesson
Terror Under the Hood!
The Check Ride
The moment of truth arrives.
II. Now for the Fun Part
Togetherness
Or...all kidding aside, folks.
Weather!
"Do a 180 and Run Like Hell!"
The Bent Prop
The $500 flying lesson.
"Put Her Down!"
This is no drill!
Caution, Mother on Board!
It was a time to lie.
Annual Time
"Quick! Another Band-Aid!"
"Frontier 503, Where-in-the-Hell Are You Going?"
Why Are They All Laughing?
Ramp Check Man
It was like exploding a firecracker in an anthill.
"CAW! CAW!"
Cornfield: 1-Airplane: 0
III. The Dawn Patrol Flies Again
The Homebuilding Bug Bites
Warbirds for two.
The T.L.A.R. Method
Bamboozling-the forgotten art form.
The Learning Curve
"Okay, what'd you screw up?"
Attack Goose
Every home needs one.
The Perils of Paint
Due for disaster.
Contact!
The Dawn Patrol FLIES!
The Data Plate
We triumph over bureaucracy.
IV. More Aerial Adventures
The Dawn Patrol's First Mission
Actually, a lot of firsts.
Unhappy End
A tail of woe.
Combat!
I am not gracious in defeat.
The Jury
The rail birds of doom strike again.
A New Bird
And some new surprises.
The Wife
Do you know yours?
Glossary