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Moondog's Academy of the Air and Other Disasters

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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!

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.

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.

Shades of my yesteryears also. Pete has written a book that any pilot who has struggled to get and maintain a flying job would truly understand. Even my 90 year old mother laughed her way through the book, probably rememering the furloughs and the times that I returned to the shelter of the family ice box. Any pilot who miss's this book will miss a great experience. (Don't read it while your flying, the laughter might alarm the pax.)

I met Pete the other day, where I fly. He's a quiet, unassuming, friendly fellow. And that's what is so great about his book -- you'd never expect such great stories, such wonderful writing, such genuine entertainment between the covers of a book, of all things. For those who love flying ... whether around the patch or long hauls, alone or with family and friends or bussing passengers coast-to-coast ... this marvelous little book holds truths (and consequences), and belly-splitting laughter. You'll page through this hoping that it won't end. And I asked Pete about that -- he's writing another book. Hopefully he'll produce a whole string of sequels to entertain us for years to come! BUY THIS BOOK -- YOU'LL LOVE IT!!!!

Ordinarily, I don't like books written by pilots. When Pete Fusco's book was recommended to me, however, I was interested since I also grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio at about the same time Pete did.

When the book arrived, I must tell you that I was immensely pleased. His book is very well written and describes an odyssey in civilian aviation which is humorous, poignant and entertaining.

I'm a commercial airline pilot who was schooled in aviation via the United States Navy flying fighters during the Viet Nam War. I didn't have to go through many of the experiences which Pete Fusco did (although nobody ever fired missiles at him!). But his experiences related in the book kept me spellbound and laughing until I finished it which was on the same day it was delivered. Well, actually, it was at three in the morning on the day after.

If you enjoy good books about flying and learning to fly, don't pass this one up. It's well worth the price.

Bruce J. Blue The Woodlands, Texas

I know nothing about aviation, and have never been interested in it. I do know, however, that this book is a tour-de-force of hilarity that I could not set down. Anyone who enjoys side splitting laughter owes it to themselves to purchase this book. You need know nothing about aviation to thoroughly enjoy this title. Just don't lend it out...you won't get it back. "When your numbers up, your numbers up, even if you are a God d*mn monkey!"

This book is the pro pilot's bible. Absolutely indispensable. I re-read it every 6 months or so.

My dad is a pilot and gave this to me (although it had a slightly different title like "The adventures of Moondog". But this sounds like that book (and how many flying books about "moondog" and the mafia can there be?)

It was a *riveting* adventure tale.
And from what the other reviewers (and my dad) say, sounds like all true stories.

I'm not a pilot and, in fact, have queasy memories of being stuck in the back of a 2-seater (*behind* the back seat laying down) as my dad was doing flight instruction "touch and goes". Neither I nor me sister inherited my dad's resistance to air sickness. An I loved this book. Funny, inspiring, exciting.

Pete is a good friend of mine and is the greatest story teller hands down. He is hillarious to be around and this book is outstanding. It is hillarious to hear Pete tell stories in person.