Zero 3 Bravo: Solo Across America in a Small Plane
by Mariana Gosnell
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Author: Mariana GosnellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-07-21
ISBN: 0671892088
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Touchstone
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Book Review: Good Aviation read
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is worth the read. If you have ever considered flying on a long cross-country, just you and your airplane this is for you. It's set in the 1970's (1977) America. It's written by a female pilot but it's holds well for guys or gals. It's not deep into the technical parts of flying but is a story about people, places and the perspective of flying totally VFR coast to coast and back.
Summary of Zero 3 Bravo: Solo Across America in a Small Plane
Mariana Gosnell takes the reader along on her extraordinary voyage across the U.S. in her single-engine Luscombe Silvaire, Zero Three Bravo. Enticed by the ribbon of sky that she could see from her Manhattan office window, she took a leave of absence from her job and made a three-month solo flight, navigating by use of landmarks and landing in America's little-known, back-country airports. She traveled south from her home airport of Spring Valley, New York, down to North Carolina and Georgia, west across Texas to Los Angeles and north to San Francisco, and then east over the Rockies, the plains, and the farms of the Midwest until she was back home.What results is a lyrical description of land, sky, and water interwoven with experiences among small-town folks, maverick crop-dusters, banner towers, mechanics, and airport loiterers. With each landing there is a story to be told: the deaf-mute pilot who grounded himself until the eggs in the bird's nest lodged in his plane's engine had hatched, the woman running an airport by herself after losing both her husband and son to flying accidents, and the pilots and "hangar bums" who tried to hide their surprise when they saw a woman pilot flying cross-country solo.
This true story -- including photos taken on the trip -- will make the confirmed urban dweller yearn for open spaces and the adventurous life.
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