Hangar Talk [Paperback]

Irv Broughton (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Eastern Washington University Press (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0910055408
• ISBN-13: 978-0910055406
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,459,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HANGAR TALK flies high!, July 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Hangar Talk (Paperback)

I thoroughly enjoyed Irv Broughton's HANGAR TALK. His interviews with pilots from the early days of flight to those involved in the gulf war conflict provide a fascinating oral history of flight. Broughton has written a brief reflection on each pilot's life and significance to flight, followed by a series of inquisitive questions that allow the pilots to reflect back on their adventurous lives. What was especially enjoyable about this book was reading about the many facets of aviation. The early barnstormers daring willingness to land their planes almost anywhere has always amazed me. There aren't many people left who witnessed the beginning of flight and the early developments. HANGAR TALK has interviews with pilots whose roots go back to the earliest pioneers of flight. Interviews with crop dusters, bush pilots, and experimental aircraft designer/pilots are also included. Of course, pilots involved in the wars provide a higher percentage of the drama in this book. Many stories of combat flying and flying related to the military portray the courage of those that served our country. This is a book about extraordinary people, many who influenced the development of flight. I highly recommend this book to all interested in aviation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oral History at Its Best, November 2, 1999

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Andrew Czernek (Mukilteo, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hangar Talk (Paperback)

Broughton's book is a collection of almost 40 stories of people who helped develop aviation in the U.S. You'll only recognize a few names (EAA's Paul Poberezny among them), but they are a mix of men and women who were there when great events happened. One helped Wilbur and Orville Wright in early test flights; unaware of what was happening, one was flying a mission nearby when Nagasaki was devastated by the atomic bomb; several tell details of experiences as fighter pilots.

Broughton's book doesn't have a theme or direction -- it simply tries to bring out the most-significant accomplishments of each flyer's life. It starts with the early days of flight, progresses through time and ends with a story of space flight and one from the Vietnam War.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True stories of gutsy, innovative pilots., September 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Hangar Talk (Paperback)

This book tells the story of real pioneers in the field of piloting. Some of their experiences would shock today's pilots. Without the dash and daring of these pilots we wouldn't be where we are today in the diverse fields of aviation.