{"product_id":"asa-the-golden-years-of-flying-as-we-remember","title":"ASA The Golden Years of Flying: As We Remember","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Years of Flying—As We Remember\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  is the legacy of an earlier day in aviation history, recorded by one of  the pilots who shared this experience and wrote down his fellow pilots'  stories. Captain Tex Searle corresponded with and interviewed several  retired DC-3 pilots from the old Frontier Airlines days, and brought all  their tales together in one place for a vivid historical account.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlying the Rocky Mountain region, Frontier Airlines' pilots achieved  the best safety record in civil aviation—a record based on the most  stringent measure of the number of takeoffs and landings while flying in  extreme conditions. Frontier Airlines flew from 1946 to 1986. In her  early days, crews hand-flew DC-3s over the high Rockies, in and out of  small airports hidden deep in mountain canyons, with approaches often  referred to as “black holes” due to their almost ominous darkness and  lack of reliable visual references. Relating their first-hand experience  of flying through “tornado alley” without radar, flying in canyons of  sodden clouds while lightning displays an explosion of highlighted  pageantry throughout the heavens, the pilot storytellers in \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Years of Flying\u003c\/i\u003e  invite you into the cockpit for a lighter dimension, too—you will  surely enjoy the hi-jinks and hangar tales of their shared experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a retired FAL captain himself, the author points out that “flying  the DC-3 was just about the best thing that could happen to a man.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart Number ASAGYF\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781560277088\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"ASA","offers":[{"title":"ASA The Golden Years of Flying: As We Remember","offer_id":46190569357570,"sku":"ASA-GYF","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/7364\/8898\/files\/1084612__08494.jpg?v=1749068476","url":"https:\/\/rocketairshop.com\/products\/asa-the-golden-years-of-flying-as-we-remember","provider":"Rocket Air","version":"1.0","type":"link"}