Review: GREAT READ! A MUST BUY
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
Edited by Retired Navy Captain B. K. Bryans, a Naval Aviator himself, Flying Lucky, as the title suggests, is an amazing compilation of 101 training and combat incidents, accidents, mishaps and misadventures experienced by naval aviators during World War Two and the very early jet era.Thankfully, all of these aviators lived, but at times one wonders how that could possibly be.Having a bad day?  Well, compare that to the Navy pilot who crashed making a carrier takeoff, popped to the surface in the middle of the ocean, only to be RUN OVER by a 65,000 to aircraft carrier doing 25 knots!  Makes you feel better about yourself, doesn't it?This book will keep you on the edge of your seat, biting your fingernails and laughing hysterically all in the same few paragraphs.  Originally intended to convey an object lesson to the naval aviators of the day, the book's reports will appeal to everybody from the casual aviation buff to the present day military pilot.To enhance your reading experience, Captain Bryans has thoughtfully included with each incident a photo of the of aircraft type in question - and unlike other Kindle books, these are photos that you can actually SEE.  To my mind, this helps put the reader right next to the pilot in the cockpit, which is exactly where Captain Bryans wants you to be.I have read all off of Captain Bryans' books to date.  I highly recommend all of them to the Kindle readership.  You will thank me.I give Flying Lucky FIVE STARS, but only because the software here won't let me give it a TEN.This is the best Two Dollars and Ninety-Nine Cents I have ever spent.