Zero 3 Bravo: Solo Across America in a Small Plane
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Book Overview
In Zero Three Bravo Mariana Gosnell takes the reader along on her extraordinary voyage across the U.S. in her single-engine Luscombe Silvaire. Gosnell's true story of life as a woman pilot flying cross-country solo--including photos taken on her amazing trip--will make the confirmed urban dweller yearn for open spaces and the adventurous life.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0671892088
ISBN13:9780671892081
Release Date:July 1994
Publisher:Touchstone Books
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.07 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Great writing!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book was a good choice to read after recently finishing "Crazy in the Cockpit." I confess I skipped/skimmed through the more technical aviation-related sections, concentrating on the travel narrative aspect. Makes for good bedside reading.
wonderful yarn about flying across the United States
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
The Luscombe isn't my favorite lightplane, but it is Gosnell's, and she writes about it with such affection that I'd like to fly one. The trip evidently takes place in the late 1970s, because Jimmy Carter is president. (She visits Plains GA and the largest peanut-butter factory in the world.) Gosnell is a journalist, so she goes out of her way to visit unlikely places and meet interesting people. (Among them is the crew of the man-powered Gossamer Condor, whose record-breaking flight she is on hand to document.) I feel sorry for the lad who quit reading on page 10. He missed a wonderful yarn, and one that deserves a place on the bookshelf of any lightplane pilot. -- Dan Ford
Lovely exposition
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
The author presents us with a lovely world of flying from place to place in her airplane. The anecdotes are well-limned, the sentiments carefully expressed, the philosophies true.The style is informative and recreational and always engaging.
Keen view of an often overlooked world
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Ms. Gosnell offers us a wonderful extended visit with the great variety and unique personalities that populate the small general aviation airports of America. As a pilot who usually flies at bigger, less personal airports; I'm reminded of my experiences at the smaller fields I've visited where love of flying is more important than profit and people are truly unique. While the flying descriptions are well done and accurate, this book is really about the journey and the people and events encountered along the way. The book is for everyone, not just pilots. I'm going to pull out my charts and re-visit some of those small fields I usually just fly over!
Exciting way to see the country.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
With my AOPA Airport guide with me when I read, I kept track of where she flew each step of the way. Being a female pilot myself, I understood her feelings along the way. I hated to finish the book and end the wonderful experience. A trip I hope to make someday.
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