Hangar Flying [Paperback]

Alfred D'Amario (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 14, 2008

Flying is sometimes defined as "hours and hours of sheer boredom punctuated by moments of stark panic." In HANGER FLYING, Lt/Col Alfred J. D'Amario shares many of those "moments of stark panic" that punctuated the 5,000 or so flying hours he accumulated during his twenty years in the Air Force. The author, who much prefers to be called Joe, takes the reader through Basic and Advanced pilot training, transition to jets, fighter gunnery and fighter bomber training and real combat in Korea. Then there are six years of "peace time" flying in Training Command followed by eleven years of Cold War missions in the six engine B-47 and eight engine B-52. But, Hanger Flying is about in-flight emergencies and hair-raising experiences, not about the hours and hours of just boring holes in the sky. Hanger Flying (the practice, not the book) is what assembled pilots do when they aren't flying. It is a "Can you top this?" exercise in story telling. And that is what the author does in this easy reading, fast paced account of many of the close calls he had both in and out of combat.

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About the Author

Alfred J. D'Amario (Joe to his friends) was born in Baltimore Maryland in 1930. His only life's ambition was to be an Army Air Corps pilot. By the time he was old enough to be one, the Army Air Corps was the United States Air Force. But, before reaching the ripe old age of twenty-two, he had achieved that goal. Everything after that has been pure gravy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (January 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1434355284
• ISBN-13: 978-1434355287
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,387,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hanger Flying, the art of telling a good story about flying planes, December 9, 2010

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Chris M. Davies (Olympia, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hangar Flying (Paperback)

I meet Joe at a Hospital craft sale, fund raiser... He told me the book should gain a dollar or two in value after he is gone since he signed it so I decided to buy his book. Turned out to be a good decision on my part. Not that he is dead or that I resold it, but because it was a very good book. This isn't his life story, but a good part of his story that has to do with him becoming a pilot and then going in to the military in order to fly their planes and being a bomber during the Korean War and later flying the big jets that carry the nukes in case we got in to it was Russia during the cold war. Lots of insider information from someone who lived through it. Buy it, you won't regret it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hangar Flying, September 11, 2009

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Melba (Wichita, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hangar Flying (Paperback)

Hangar FlyingHey, Joe! Remember me? I had no idea you were such a talented author. I have ordered the book; I am sure I will remember much that you had told me before. I can't wait to get the book! Best of everything to you. MR