BEDFORD, Texas, July 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The story of one man's love affair with airplanes, Larry G. Daniel's They Gave Me Wings chronicles his fifty years spent in the cockpits of different types of airplanes in varied and demanding types of flying that took him all over the world. This book narrates his persistence and determination in following his dream of being a professional pilot.
Share in the joy and wonder of flight as Captain Daniel takes us with him to watch clouds instantaneously forming in the moist morning air along the Gulf Coast, or to watch the shimmering green curtain of the Aurora Borealis in the predawn hours in Sweden. Share in his awe and wonder at the brilliance of a sunrise over the Baltic Sea and get a sense of the peace and solitude he finds in the blackness of the night at forty-one thousand feet.
Ride with him into a flooded, mud encrusted, snake infested airport following a South Texas hurricane, and taste his fear as his airplane is shadowed by a mysterious orange disc in the middle of the night. The author gives us a close and honest look at the worry, tension, fatigue, and fear that is part of the working pilot's world. Along the way, he shares some of the humor, wit, and lightheartedness of the moment as well as some of the mistakes that probably won't be on the highlight reel.
They Gave Me Wings is Larry Daniel's acknowledgment to the many different pilots who shaped his career as he pays tribute to all those who furthered and assisted his career. And finally, this book is a tribute to all the airplanes he has flown. "Without me they are not capable of flight -- without them I cannot fly," says Daniel. For more information, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Larry G. Daniel spent most of his early years on the prairie lands of North Texas. At age seventeen, he joined the US Navy. He earned his Private Pilot License while stationed at NAS Kingsville. After an honorable discharge from the military, he attended American Flyers School of Aeronautics where he obtained his Commercial, Multi-Engine, and Instruments Ratings. For the next forty-one years, he flew different types of airplanes engaged in a wide variety of different types of flying that took him all over the world. He currently lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. When he is not writing or traveling, he likes to spend time on his sailboat.
They Gave Me Wings * by Larry G. Daniel
Fifty Years of Flying
Publication Date: July 6, 2009
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 291 pages; ISBN 978-1-4415-4299-1
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