Can two ex-military misfit aviators start an air charter service with one old dilapidated WWII surplus airplane and turn it into a major airline? Not likely! But with the help of the wealthy and ravishing redhead, Doris Duschane Kissling, anything is possible. This hilarious and irreverent tale follows the lives of Michael Mitchell Murphy and Thaddeus Avery Little from one misadventure to the next.
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Can two ex-military misfit aviators start an air charter service with one old dilapidated WWII surplus airplane ... ? -- The Retired Officers Association Magazine
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Tom Smith retired from the U. S. Navy after serving twenty years as a naval aviator. He is a graduate of the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, the Naval Post Graduate School and Arizona State University. Previously published works include a novel, The Lieutenant Who Never Was, and two short stories, Milk Run and Not His War.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun! Fun! Fun!,
By Bonnie McAnerny (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Air Arizona (Paperback)
What does it take to get an adventure off the ground? Two zany aviators looking for a way to make a few bucks doing what they like to do best-fly! Set predominantly in Arizona, the novel takes the reader on a series of rollicking adventures across the western skies, culminating with a serious look at one of this country's biggest injustices.The somewhat dilapidated airline's first charter flight is enough to leave readers in hysterics, and the author's predilection for colorful language and descriptions keep them entertained throughout the novel. Medicine men, baby bulls, bordellos and porno flicks all keep the the reader laughing and keep the protagonist Mike Murphy in the air. Anyone with a good sense of humor and a propensity for irreverence will love the novel, but essentially it belongs to a man. If he's a pilot, it belongs to him even more!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A hillarious adventure.,
By Launi Peeke-Vout (San Rafael, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Air Arizona (Paperback)
Since I am from Arizona, I loved reading the about the adventures of a "local boy". The flying was great and the author's twist on words was brilliant.
4.0 out of 5 stars
There's a right way, and the Navy way,
By Walt Bodger (Corpus Christi, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Air Arizona (Paperback)
When a couple of ex-Navy men start something, you can be sure they'll do it the Navy way. So it was with Air Arizona, the airline they started, but it turned out all right in the end. As a retired Naval Aviator, I recognize and appreciate their problems and solutions (the Navy way). It's a great read and military pilots will enjoy re-living some of their own experiences as they follow these guys in their exploits and successes.
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It was an ugly hulk-red and white at one time, but the colors had merged over the years sitting dormant in the desert, and the aircraft was now a sickly pink. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tow aircraft, baby bull, chief pilot, plane captain, control yoke Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Air Arizona, Mike Murphy, Tad Little, Doris Kissling, Arizona Zero-One, Timothy Longshank, Captain Fogarty, Los Alamitos, Buck Skin, Los Angeles, Sky Harbor Airport, Buzz Bigsby, Doris Dushane Kissling, Hal Fogarty, Phillip Lens, Commander Cool, Michael Murphy, Tuba City, Big Sky, Home Plate, Las Vegas, All American Airlines, Arturo Casanova, Marine Corps, North Vietnamese New!
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It was an ugly hulk-red and white at one time, but the colors had merged over the years sitting dormant in the desert, and the aircraft was now a sickly pink. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tow aircraft, baby bull, chief pilot, plane captain, control yoke Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Air Arizona, Mike Murphy, Tad Little, Doris Kissling, Arizona Zero-One, Timothy Longshank, Captain Fogarty, Los Alamitos, Buck Skin, Los Angeles, Sky Harbor Airport, Buzz Bigsby, Doris Dushane Kissling, Hal Fogarty, Phillip Lens, Commander Cool, Michael Murphy, Tuba City, Big Sky, Home Plate, Las Vegas, All American Airlines, Arturo Casanova, Marine Corps, North Vietnamese New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Compass Rose: Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Quest for Gold by Gene Botts in Back Matter
- The Lieutenant Who Never Was by Tom Smith in Back Matter
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