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North Star Over My Shoulder: A Flying Life
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ISBN10: 0743262301
ISBN13: 9780743262309
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Jan 3 2005
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780743262309
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Jan 3 2005
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Captain Robert N. Buck retired from TWA after having flown well over two thousand Atlantic crossings and thirty-seven years of service as chief pilot and director of thunderstorm research. During World War II he was engaged in weather research for the U.S. Air Corps, for which he was awarded, as a civilian, the Air Medal by President Harry Truman. More recently, Buck has worked with the International Civil Aviation Organization -- the UN's body for aviation -- to develop a new plan of world airspace.
In North Star over My Shoulder, Bob Buck tells of a life spent up and over the clouds, and of the wonderful places and marvelous people who have been a part of that life. He captures the feel, taste, and smell of flying's great early era -- how the people lived, what they did and felt, and what it was really like to be a part of the world as it grew smaller and smaller. A terrific storyteller and a fascinating man, Bob Buck has turned his well-lived life into a delightful memoir for anyone who remembers when there really was something special in the air.
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