Flying the Edge of America [Kindle Edition]

David Millett (Author), Julia Buss (Author)

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Product Description

In the summer of 2008 we flew our small, single engine, airplane around the edges of the contiguous United States of America. Along the way, we encountered America's small towns, National Parks, and National Monuments. On the most dangerous and exciting adventure of our lives we flew into unanticipated ghastly weather, thunderstorms, and brushed with hurricanes. In the end, we discovered a land much more complex than we had imagined, far larger than we could believe, and more beautiful than we dreamed possible. This book is the story of our flight around the edge of America, and the journey that brought us to a deeper understanding and love of our adopted country.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 4407 KB
• Print Length: 267 pages
• Publisher: Createspace.com/3400048; 2 edition (December 1, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00300H6TA
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #419,869 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

As well as travel writing, David is a science fiction author, and producer and designer of paperback and eBooks. Find out how to publish inexpensively at:

http://david-millett-publications.com

Books David has written or produced include:

Black Nightingale: Mary Seacole, hero of the Crimean War
http://black-nightingale.com

Continental Drifting: Exceptional destinations around the world
http://www.continental-drifting.com

Your Care Plan, a nurses guide to healthy living
http://www.davidmillett.net/Books/YCP.aspx

Flying the Edge of America: The trip of a lifetime
http://flying-the-edge.com

Homo Cosmiens, a new beginning to the final ending
http://homo-cosmiens.com

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1.0 out of 5 stars Good Grief!!, June 16, 2011

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James Croome "J Croome" (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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Unlike the two previous reviewers I forced myself to read the entire book. I didn't get any better. Julia who is from England had very little good to say about Americans (we are all fat)or American cities. Mean while she hated flyng, took narcotics before most flights, and drank too much every night, according to her own reporting. Her spititual side to her appears to be on nature and not the creator. Julia wrote most of the book with her reviews of places they visited. David wrote the flyng parts and could have had more information and detail. As a pilot I was drawn to the book and found it far lacking of usfull information. I would not reccomend this book.

3.0 out of 5 stars Ambivalent, June 4, 2010

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I'm not sure where to put this book. For me, it worked neither as a pilot's book nor as a travelogue. In the interests of full disclosure, I gave up on the book about a third of the way through and cannot speak to the back two thirds.

I was attracted to it as a pilot who has long thought that I'd like to fly the rim of the US. As a pilot I did not find the book technical enough. For instance, the author describes ILS approaches as flying down the radio beams. I understand his desire to make the flying experience approachable to non-pilots but it did not leave enough meat on the bone for me to read it from a pilot's perspective.

I love a good travel book, however, and hung in there for a while to see if it worked on that basis. I have to concur with the reviewer, however, that the co-author wife seems focused on the negative. I do not attribute this to any lack of patriotism but rather that she seems to approach life as a glass half empty. Not the best frame of reference for a travelogue. On the other hand, she is terrified of flying, so I give her credit for her guts at going on such a flight. I will cut her the slack that when fighting one's fears on a daily basis it may be wearing on the morale.

Hope things got better later in the trip but I decided to get off the plane and move on to other interests.

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but not for those that like America, March 27, 2010

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First off, I only managed to make it 37% of the way through this book. It is not poorly written, a fairly easy read. I am planning a similar trip, and thought it would be interesting. Perhaps I should have weighed more heavily the fact that the authors are from Australia and England. At each stop (in the first 37% of the book) the reader is presented with the horrible atrocities America has committed on the native people and the lands. America has cut down 96% of its Redwood forests, slaughtered the buffalo, slaughtered the Indian tribes. Mount Rushmore is described as: "... the desecration of a perfectly beautiful mountain..", and since "... the Black Hills were stolen from the Native Americans by the US government after plenty of war and bloodshed." it "should be a place where we go to weep and consider the violence of our past." Victoria, Canada is celebrated with its Universal Healthcare, vibrancy and great food. While rural Montana is vilified as being full of Obama hating Southern racists who survive on burgers and coleslaw. From a piloting perspective I was a little disappointed as lee waves and thunderstorms appear to be this pilot's first encounter with these phenomenon. It is entirely possible that the greatness of America and Americans are explored in the remaining 63%. So if you like America, and buy this book, I recommend you start there.