Flying Can Be Fun

The A to Z of flying jargon is
the subject of Flying Can Be Fun, a humorous look at the world of
flight. Award-winning cartoonist Dick Locher has teamed up with award-winning
humorist Michael Kilian to create the funniest illustrated dictionary of flight
lingo available anywhere.
A is for aerial, "that part of the aircraft most frequently broken off
during walk-around pre-flight inspection to see if anything is broken
off." C is for coordinates, "flying clothing worn by fashionable
female pilots." G is for ground speed, "what airspeed becomes upon
landing." I is for icing, "what frequently happens to pilots who
think that flying through winter thunderstorms is a piece of cake." S is
for spin, "what makes the world go 'round when you're looking at it
directly through a windscreen." And W is for wilco, "Roger's last
name," of course.
Dick Locher is the Chicago Tribune's Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial
cartoonist. An Air Force pilot from 1951 to 1953 and now a captain in the Air
Force Reserve, he learned to fly in an old Mitchell B-25 bomber and later
piloted B-47s, B-58s, and F-94s. Locher designed the world's first fly-powered
airplane. He illustrates the world-famous comic strip Dick Tracy and he's drawn
the box art for Mattel-Monogram model airplanes. Locher's paintings of
airplanes hang in the Air Force Museum gallery in Colorado Springs.
Michael Kilian is a Chicago Tribune humorist whose columns are distributed
to more than 100 newspapers in the United States and Canada. A captain in the
U.S. Air Force Civil Air Patrol, he flew general aviation aircraft and
sailplanes in the Midwest. He is also sports editor for the Encyclopedia
Britannica Book of the Year and author of five other books.