Phoenix Rising

By John J. Nance

Book Overview

Internationally acclaimed aviation insider and novelist John Nance returns to the turbulent skies of the beleaguered world airlines of the 1990s. This new novel moves with authenticity as the Big Three airlines are challenged by a new, visionary airline run by young investment banker Elizabeth Sterling.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517585669
• ISBN13: 9780517585665
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

ALL TIME FAVORITE

MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME JUST WISH I COULD GET IT ON AUDIO CD!

Shanku Niyogi

Airplanes get de-icing treatment when there is a risk of icing. Not simply because it's cold.At cruising altitude the temperature is colder than 50 degrees below zero. Is every flight de-iced? No.As a commercial pilot, maybe the author knows more than you think.

kept me up reading till 2am

John Nance has always impressed me whether in his written work or on T.V., etc... this book just helps prove that. You can tell that only an airline "insider" came up with this novel. He kept the right mix between the finincal part of things and the "down dirty" flying types of things. In the last third of the book is where it really gets exciting and keeps you on your seat till the end.

quick lift off

From one pilot to another it is a good read. It is apparent that Nance is writing about "what he knows," even though the plane that was used has yet to be invented...Nance makes you believe it could happen.