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John J. Nance, aviation analyst for ABC News and a familiar face on Good Morning America, is the author of several bestselling novels including Fire Flight, Skyhook, Turbulence, and Orbit. Two of his novels, Pandora's Clock and Medusa's Child, have been made into highly successful television miniseries. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, Nance is a decorated pilot veteran of Vietnam and Operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield. He lives in Washington State.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I've always been impressed with Nance, December 17, 1999

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R. Connon (Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Final Approach (Mass Market Paperback)

John Nance continues to impress me, and "Final Approach" only solidifies that. The book kept me picking it up and reading it when I should have been doing other things. His insight into the avaiation industry is amazing, and his ability to bring that insight out in a fictional novel is superb. People interested in the "behind the scenes" of airlines, the NTSB, FAA, and Washington will enjoy the plot.

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3.0 out of 5 stars It's a good book but I find others better., July 23, 1998

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Final Appoach is a good book. I was intrested in the book but not that intrested. I had read Pandoras Clock and Medusa's Child also by John J. Nance beore Final Approach I was not as intriqued as I was before by the other two. However I found this book very satisfying. It had lots of governments coverups. I think Nance does great research. His book was great. Every aspect of the plane is descriped. You just can't find better books Nance it the greatest author ever!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Final Approach- by John J. Nance, January 27, 2001

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Jeff Pudelski (Brooklyn, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Final Approach (Mass Market Paperback)

After reading Nance's thrillers, such as Pandora's Clock and Medusa's Child, this book was a major dissapointment when I finally forced myself to read it. It started out excellent, with a very good crash scene. However, by the middle, continuing through the end, no action occured at all. It is a book that can educate you on the inside of the FAA, NTSB, and airline industries, but if you want action, this book will leave you feeling deflated.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The real deal
This is perhaps my favorite John Nance novel. Of course, I love the attention to detail he gives the airline industry - he is a pilot, after all. Read more

Published 23 months ago by Stuff Scribe

4.0 out of 5 stars Nance is my favorite author
With less than twenty-five pages into the book, I had to stop and get a box of tissues as Mr. Nance had painted the details of the crash in such gripping details that it seemed... Read more

Published on May 1, 2009 by Reads Thrillers

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid Takeoff with Early Effort
John J. Nance continues to delight aviation fans with novels set amidst the workings of the airline industry. Read more

Published on January 29, 2007 by L. Hoefling

2.0 out of 5 stars The only reason I read this book to the end was...
... because I love airplanes. Other than that, a reader with average intelligence will always be two steps ahead of this rather predictable tale. However, Mr. Read more

Published on August 9, 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Can anybody fly this thing?
"Final Approach" follows the fictional investigation of an air disaster in Kansas, an idea that promises explosive tension, and then punks out. Read more

Published on August 13, 2000 by Rottenberg's rotten book review

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring and Tedious
I have read other Nance books ("Medusa's Child" and "Pandora's Clock") and found them to be much more intriguing and exciting than this snoozer. Read more

Published on June 25, 1999 by BradJ11@aol.com

4.0 out of 5 stars Read this one before Nance's "Pandora's Clock"
Author Nance is a well-seasoned commercial aviator. He also writes a good yarn in Final Approach. Though not as captivating as Trevanian and Ludlum, he does do an outstanding... Read more

Published on December 30, 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes one think about what's really behind the investigation
If you want a real appreciation for what goes on "Behind the
Scenes" in an airline investigation this book will crystalize it
for you. Read more

Published on December 4, 1996

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tower tape, radar interference, priority switch, mystery car, flight control computers, tower chief, chief pilot

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North America, Kansas City, Dean Farris, Dick Timson, Joe Wallingford, Air Force, John Walters, Kell Martinson, Captain Timson, Susan Kelly, Bill Caldwell, Mark Weiss, Andy Wallace, David Bayne, Miami Air, John Nance, Louise Timson, Pete Kaminsky, White House, John Phelps, Barbara Rawlson, Walter Calley, Larry Wilkins, Senator Martinson, Star Wars

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