Moondog's Academy of the Air and Other Disasters [Paperback]

Peter Fusco (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2000

As Pete Fusco moved from one wretched flying job to another in the early days of his aviation career, he displayed a knack for elevating the most ordinary situations to grand debacle. He maintains that it wasn't entirely his fault. He assigns part of the blame on the Gods of Aviation Misfortune, who seemed to stalk him for their own entertainment. The gods had help; along the way they enlisted the services of an ex-biker named Moondog, the Cleveland Mafia, a mythical beast known as the Curtiss C-46, a Miami smuggler of shrunken heads and a con artist named Three-fingered Hank. Fusco's story is the story of all pilots who ever chanced the long odds against making a living flying airplanes and lived to laugh about it.

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About the Author

Pete Fusco is a captain on Boeing 737s for a major US airline. He has had two aviation careers, in between which he worked as a newspaper reporter. He lives in Kingwood, Texas and writes when the mood strikes him, which is all the time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059509709X
• ISBN-13: 978-0595097098
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book..., May 30, 2002

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Jack Irwin aka Smilin' Jack (Town & Country, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moondog's Academy of the Air and Other Disasters (Paperback)

This book has to be one of the funniest books I have ever read...and I think a good bit of it is true...

I was part of the life and times Pete wrote about. In 1965, Pete and I were classmates, and roommates at Zantop Air Transport. We flew the C-46 and lived to tell about it........and Pete did! Great Book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To one of the best co-pilots I flew with, January 23, 2002

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"argosyman" (Vancouver, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moondog's Academy of the Air and Other Disasters (Paperback)

Pete Fusco and I flew together for several years and the stories he relates in his book are just a few of the real great tales of non-sched cargo days. Pete did not disappoint me. He has always been the best storyteller around. For aviation affectionados that think flying is a gravy train, they need to read this book about what a flying career is all about. Great book! I can't wait for his encore.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Book Even for Non Pilots, November 24, 2001

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Ed Chamberlain (New Caney, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moondog's Academy of the Air and Other Disasters (Paperback)

I have known Pete Fusco for at least fiften years and can assure you that he speaks and acts exactly as the way he comes across in print. He has a very fertile imagination and a mind that must contain a repertoire of at least 1,000 jokes, an one of which he may unleash at any time on an unsuspecting public.

This is a tremendous book-a fun book to read and one that I put on a par with Confedracy of Dunces, which won a Pulitzer Prize. Ir is a must book for anyone who desires to look at life through the eyes of someone who sees the lighter side of humanity in whatever he does and is willing to make fun of himself in doing so.

Pete, if you are reading this review I want you to know that I didn't die and am very much alive. You keep me that way with your humor. You are one hell of a funny guy.