Flight Lines: Assorted Lies, Recollections and War Stories

By A. Kent Smerdon

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1525500112
• ISBN13: 9781525500114
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: FriesenPress
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"