Flight Around the World
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (814 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0984543104 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 418 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Aviation History plus! As a Flight Engineer and later a Pilot I grew up in the time period of this book beginning in the 1930's. Like Captain Bobzin I followed the devlopment of aviation from propeller driven planes to the beginning of the jet age, ending with the big, luxurious 7Aviation History plus! John As a Flight Engineer and later a Pilot I grew up in the time period of this book beginning in the 1930's. Like Captain Bobzin I followed the devlopment of aviation from propeller driven planes to the beginning of the jet age, ending with the big, luxurious 747. I began reading and found it hard to put this book down. It brought back so many recollections of my flying days. Captain Bobzin has not only covered many of his flying experiences, he has delved into many aspects of the geo-political events of the 20th century, bringi. 7. I began reading and found it hard to put this book down. It brought back so many recollections of my flying days. Captain Bobzin has not only covered many of his flying experiences, he has delved into many aspects of the geo-political events of the 20th century, bringi. "Airline Enthusiasts Must" according to Dan Hagedorn. I should state at the very beginning that, in order to fully appreciate this obvious labor of love, it would help if you knew the author, Captain Bobzin.It is probably safe to say that the officers sitting in the left seat in most current world airline fleets would be very hard-pressed indeed to identify with the lifetime achievements of Captain Bobzin. As he outlines, he was inspired to aviation by none other than Charles A. Lindbergh, and, indeed, grew up with aviation and air transportation, cutting his teeth in the rough-
An autobiography by Captain Lyle D Bobzin; a 36 year veteran pilot for Trans World Airlines. Later Madrid, London and Frankfort were added. During the 1940s under the ownership and direction of Howard Hughes and President Jack Frye, read about the vision these men shared of creating and implementing an around the world airline and the opposition they overcame, and how these events influenced his world perspective as seen from the flight deck. In the 1960s skyjacking and terrorism began targeting the airline industry. Follow the author as he is hired by Transcontinental & Western Air, "The Lindbergh Line", the forerunner of Trans World Airlines, known as the airline of international celebrities and motion picture stars. In addition, flights were flown to the Azores, Lisbon, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli to Cairo. Innovative and pioneering, TWA was the first airline to fly the Lockheed Super Constellation, the "Connie", and the Super "G". With the advent of the Boeing 707 and award of landing rights into Hong Kong, TWA now completed the around the world route structure in which TWA flight crews flew completely around the world. The formative years cover the expansion of Trans World Airlines from a domestic airline to an international air carrier when in 1946 TWA flew a Lockheed Constellation from New Y