Around the Field Volume 0 eBook Jack Hodgson
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"Around the Field" is the first volume of a collection of stories about the everyday people who visit the Oshkosh airshow each summer. This book contains the stories that originally appeared in the 1998 editions of the EAA Today show daily.
Author Hodgson met these people by just wandering through the grounds and striking up conversations with strangers. He talked with people at their campsite, beside their airplanes, in the exhibits areas, on the flightline, and more.
You will meet the two guys who flew their Bonanza from Australia on a whim... The high school exchange student from Finland who was beginning a career in aviation... The guys from Texas who painted their plane like a furious chicken... And more.
Here are portions of three of the stories in this volume. Download the Free Sample for more.
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Sitting in the shade under the wing of his 1950 brown & tan Cessna 182, Al Plapp watches the arrivals on runway 18. Between landings he reminisces about the days when he learned to fly.
"I worked for Ron Dornink at his airport in Illinois. I painted fences, and shoveled, err, stuff, in exchange for flying lessons. It's called Ronald K. Dornink Airport, but we called it Dornink International. I stop back there as often as I can."
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Son, can I borrow the airplane keys? Harry Julian and his son David are admiring the Fisher Tiger Moth on display in the outdoor exhibits area. This plane is modelled after the legendary, original Tiger Moth.
Many years ago, Harry learned how to fly in a Tiger Moth. Years later, David inherited his father's appreciation for the old classic biplane and wished he could one day own one. "I love the way they sound," he says, "the way they fly, the sense of history in them."
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You can not only look but touch too. "You can touch everything," says Steve. "We have rags," adds Joe.
When Steve fires up the 1903 Wright, and it starts belching smoke and going chunka-chunka, we found ourselves imagining what it was like that day 95 years ago on the sand dunes, as the Wrights flew that fragile looking plane.
Sixty seconds later, when the engine finally coughs to a halt Steve says, "One minute. The length of the longest flight that day."
Around the Field Volume 0 eBook Jack Hodgson
Nice work by one of the best guys in the sport. The tales of the people are much more facinating that reading another review on the showplanes at OSH. Looking forward to more of his works!Product details
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Nice work by one of the best guys in the sport. The tales of the people are much more facinating that reading another review on the showplanes at OSH. Looking forward to more of his works!
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