Customer Reviews

Flying the Rim

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Nice recollection of a 1950s uranium prospector in a Super Cub "graybird", each chapter twinned with one recollecting his training as a Naval aviator.

Loved the book. It contains exciting and realistic accounts of flying under the most adverse conditions. Good insight into what makes a person take up flying. Touching personal memoir of a man who grew up in the 40s in Southern California and got into the uranium prospecting game.

This book was most enjoyable because it presented a different kind of flying in different periods of American culture. I remember the frenzy over trying to find Uranium - it seems to have been similar to the great gold rush of the 1840s. The description of the flying is a joy to read, and the author spans a time period to update the reader on what became of those adventurous "prospectors" in later years.

It is well written and shows a better quality of authorship than one would expect from a book about young men doing dangerous deeds. It has the quality of a mystery novel, and will keep you entertained from first to last page.

As a pilot, it was great to read about these experiences. I devoured the flying descriptions and labored through some of the rest. That's more about me than the book. A good read at a fair price. Thanks!