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Old 11-18-2011, 01:37 AM
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The Amazing life story of the Motorcycling Speed Legend who inspired the hit movie "The World's Fastest Indian". If you missed the movie becuase of the poor distribution - well, you missed a great one.

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I agree, the movie "The World's Fastest Indian" is a must see movie.

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Old 12-04-2011, 07:21 PM
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As the cover states "The Amazing life story of the Motorcycling Speed Legend who inspired the hit movie "The World's Fastest Indian". If you missed the movie becuase of the poor distribution - well, you missed a great one. So how is this an aviation book, well did you know he built a glider from bamboo in his youth - it's in there. But more importantly it goes deep enough to capture the focus and dedication one can give to developing a high performance speed machine. On page 110 after a paragraph telling of the birth of his son it goes on for several pages describing in fastenating detail how he made new heads for the engine and a little later on, connecting rods just a step or two short of mining the ore himself. Maybe this will appeal more to those that have already built their RVs and are modifying them for speed than those that are still working on the original build. If you are modifying your RV for speed, this will inspire you by this man's relentless pursuit of excellence with modest resources.

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One of a kind! The depth of his pursuit in the search of speed - especially in the engine are difficult to imagine. Makes me feel like a slacker. The book just kept getting better all the way to the end. I think it may be better appreciated with age but anyone that has experimented with their RV in search of speed will feel a little relationship with the content.

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Old 03-15-2012, 09:30 PM
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"Softly Tread The Brave A Triumph Over Terror,and Death By Mine Disposal Officers John Stuart Mould,G.C.,G.M.,and Hugh Randal Syme,G.C.,G.M,and Bar"
Author - Ivan Southall

Hard to find now. The title is self explanatory, but refers to Britain in WWII.
It has a lot of modern day/current relevance to the counter IED work in Afghanistan today, with the same cold courage.

John
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Old 03-15-2012, 11:31 PM
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"Stick and Rudder", but only because it calls the elevator, "flippers."

"The Compleat Taildragger" works well for me too.

And Fred Hoinville's "Halfway to Heaven" is a good read if you can find it, and you like aviation biographies.

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Old 03-16-2012, 12:07 AM
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Without a doubt, Piece of Cake. Get the BBC produced movie while you are at it. No better footage of Spits anywhere even though the book was based on a Hurricane squadron.

Lucky
I have been looking for that movie for years - I saw a part of it on TV... probably in 1998, and I haven't been able to find it and now I know why... because I was looking for it as, "Pieces of Eight" instead of "Piece of Cake"!! Like I said, I only saw a part of the mini series but my-oh-my that was an awesome WWII/flying movie!
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Old 03-30-2012, 11:16 AM
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Default Into the Black by Peter J Westwick

I've read a few books covering flight where altitude becomes distance and although I'm just getting into this one it has grabbed my attention firmly. The subtitle is "JPL and the American Space Program 1976-2004". Since I worked in the American Space Program from April 1959 to September 31, 2004 with the last 19 years at JPL and know some of the people mentioned in the book you might think I'm prejudiced but I don't think so. I have read other books on the subjects and felt a little obligation to read rather than being drawn into it historically and personally.

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Old 03-30-2012, 11:21 AM
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Hauling checks! Best book I have read in a long while....

Story about a check hauler and the wacked up life style he lives!!!!

Took me a day to read it was so good.
http://www.haulingchecks.com/
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Old 03-30-2012, 11:35 AM
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The RV8 builders manual and the VAF Forums....sorry couldn't resist
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Old 03-31-2012, 06:14 AM
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I never read anything like it before - "Unbroken" is unforgetable. It is not for wimps. Thanks for the recomendations.

Bob Axsom
Always looking for recommendations on this forum for that special "Can't put it down" book that you don't want to end, I took a chance on "Unbroken" and took it on vacation with me. It is without a doubt one of the finest books I've ever read. I've always had a lot of respect for our WWII vets but after reading this it is truly amazing what these men endured for the freedom we enjoy and sometimes take for granted. A must read for any American. And yes, I couldn't put it down.
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Old 05-17-2012, 08:41 AM
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Default If you read aviation novels you probably know of Stephen Coonts

I have 29 of his books in my library and I recently bought my 30th called Sea Witch. It actually contains three totally unrelated novellas "Sea Witch" about a black cat Catalina called Sea Witch and her crew in WWII, "The 17th Day" about an American pilot flying and S.E.5A with the RFC in WWI and "Al-Jihad" about a woman and a man flying a V-22 Osprey in recent times going to steal lots of money. The first two were terrific and the third one is starting off that way even though the subject seems unusual for a Coonts hero - I'll bet it comes around in the end.

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