No Time for Pilots

By James McMillen Owen

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, LIMITED FIRST EDITION. NEW AND NEVER READ. BOOK HAS MINOR WEAR FROM SHELF AND TRANSPORTATION ON COVER AND PAGE EDGES. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571971866
• ISBN13: 9781571971869
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Ivy House Pub Group
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A Navigator's Nirvana

One of the most entertaining books I've read in years. Ropp's trek from Houston to Biloxi to Omaha and, finally, Washington,is authentic and that's from someone who trod in those steps a few years earlier on the way from navigator and electronics training to retirement from the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force thirty years later. Highly recommended, especially for anyone who ever wore a uniform, especially a blue one!

Catch-22 Redux

A very funny book, and as a former flight surgeon it's a little too close to the truth!

No Time for Pilots

James McM. Owen has written a very entertaining book about life as a junior officer in the Air Force in the 'good old days' forty or so years ago. My military years were in the Navy but, I'm convinced, the service is the service and what the Air Force imposed on the hero and his associates was typical of service life in general. Thankfully, I never had such lousy duty as Shimia! The book seems to pick up speed as it rolls along and I was very disappointed when the the story was finally over. Looking forward to Mr. Owen's next book -- he is a very good storyteller.

Make time for "No Time for Pilots"

"No Time for Pilots" by James McMillen Owen depicts military life like it really was in the 60's and 70's. Military people and their spouses will relate closely to the comedy and tragedy of military life. This may be a novel, but Owen's descriptions of incidents and places are realistic. I remember well those 50 degree temperatures at Eielson AFB, Alaska and the shrimp boats at Biloxi, Miss. For those of us who are no longer involved in military life, this book will bring back vivid memories of the places we have been and the people we have met along the way. For those readers with a non-military background, this novel is an insight to military life. The author makes living in many different locations and traveling from base to base seem as exciting as it actually was. Owen's use of humor throughout the book is especially entertaining.