Laddies in Waiting: Remarkable Moments from 30,000 Hours in the Cockpit

Told with great affection for the aircraft and admiration for his fellow pilots, Tommy Tinker's stories - from Navy flight school to the Marine Corps Reserves and commercial airlines - paint snapshots of the harrowing, humorous and sometimes tragic life of a pilot. Tinker is a natural-born storyteller, reflecting back on a unique, remarkable flying career with idiomatic ease, as though you're sitting next to him in a bar.