This is Your Captain Speaking: A Common Sense Manual for Keeping Your Wings Level [Paperback]

Captain Owen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 20, 2004

While admittedly somewhat limited (about the width and height of an aircraft windscreen) and woefully short of the "big picture", the pilot's perspective offers some unique insights into the vagaries of life. Those insights are presented in This Is Your Captain Speaking as a series of tales that, while amusing and lighthearted, give reason to pause and think.

Put your seatbacks into the full-upright and locked position, stow and lock your tray tables, and sit back and enjoy the ride.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Ed Owen has spent his entire adult life as a professional pilot: first in Navy jets, then as an airline pilot. Presently, he is a wide-body captain (descriptive of the airplane, not the pilot) for a major airline. The Memphis, Tennessee, area is his home.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (December 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595331793
• ISBN-13: 978-0595331796
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,620,564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ...from a Helicopter Pilots Perspective:, May 28, 2005

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M. Strasser "Chicken Wings" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This is Your Captain Speaking: A Common Sense Manual for Keeping Your Wings Level (Paperback)

You don't have to be a 747 driver to enjoy this book. I can recommend it to everybody who wants to read a good, funny story or is curios why most pilots have a different outlook on life. I laughed my rear off reading his tales and I really enjoyed how Captain Ed looks at our modern and ever-changing environment (some aviation but life in general) from a fun but clever perspective. It's truly a "feel good" book that also gets you thinking at times. You might call him a modern day, easy to read, and funny Saint Exupery. He has inspired me to write some of my own stories down. Thanks Captain Ed!

Mike Strasser, "Chicken Wings" Aviation Cartoons

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stories!, April 21, 2005

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Galleywench (Mound, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This is Your Captain Speaking: A Common Sense Manual for Keeping Your Wings Level (Paperback)

It's obvious that not only can Captain Ed Owens fly an airplane, but he can successfully spin an incredible tale! This is Your Captain Speaking is southern-style storytelling at its finest combined with fable undertones. Not only did I thoroughly enjoy the captain's light-hearted stories but I also appreciated his aviation-referenced approach to keeping life simple. I take back everything I've ever said about pilots!

J.Deveny, veteran FA and author of 99 Ways to Make a Flight Attendant Fly- Off the Handle!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A non-pilot, but aviation lover speaks, February 23, 2005

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D. Freeman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This is Your Captain Speaking: A Common Sense Manual for Keeping Your Wings Level (Hardcover)

Ed Owen has given some unique perspective to the relationship of flying and living. He has strung together a wonderful collection of stories about himself, his friends and the characters he has come across in his flying. Most of the stories are downright hilarious, but some are very thought-provoking and some very serious. I suspect the pilot-reader will find some perspectives that really resonate in life-experiences, but anyone who has ever wondered whether pilots at the top of their skills are "real people", will find the insights, situations and characters delightful and informative. I highly recommend the book for all.