Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Flying Naked 2: The Hunt for Vilcabamba's Gold is the companion volume to Flying Naked: An American Pilot in the Amazon Jungle. Together the two books wrap up Michael Bleriot's Emerald World series of aviation adventures. Flying Naked 2 continues the story of a continent-wide treasure hunt sparked when one of the pilots in a Panama-based airlift squadron has a dream that shakes his companions out of their flying lethargy and prompts them to search high and low for bits and pieces of the tropical world around them. From Guatemala to Bolivia, the flyers challenge themselves and their airplane to follow the clues and solve the mystery of a fellow aviator who has been missing for sixty years. An homage to a forgotten slice of U.S. Air Force history, it's flying and story-telling at its best -- with or without your clothes...Based on Bleriot's own experience as a counter-drug pilot, Flying Naked's colorful characters, sharp dialogue, and fast pacing bring the quest to life - as do his hair-raising descriptions of flight during the Colombia war on drugs. Readers have compared Bleriot to Ernest Gann in his ability to put the reader inside the cockpit. Part military memoir, part aviation history, and all action & adventure thriller, Flying Naked will make you lock your shoulder harness and pray the pilot knows what he's doing
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The magical, lyrical, hysterical flying adventure from the author of Memories of an Emerald World and The Jungle Express "A FUN READ COVER-TO-COVER... Bleriot is an excellent storyteller " - Jeffrey Miller, author of The Panama Affair
"The best flying stories since Ernie Gann's epics... I grew up in tribal Amazon, served as an airborne ranger officer, flew the bush in Africa, and had a great career at American Airlines.....all of that to say that Mike Bleriot "gets it." He has captured everything from the emotions to the scenery to the personalities to the cultures. There is virtually no parallel to the kind of flying these guys did..." - Dave Schlener, ATP
When a sleep-deprived American Air Force pilot in Panama has a vision of tropical treasure, his misfit companions set out to bring the dream to reality. Thus begins a dramatic and hilarious shakedown of every country south of the Texas border, from the jungles of the Yucatan peninsula to the salt flats of Bolivia, as the well-intentioned but often overeager flyers try to collect the dream's baubles and solve the mystery behind them all.
Based on Bleriot's own experience as a counter-drug pilot in South America, FLYING NAKED's colorful characters, sharp dialogue, and fast pacing bring the quest to life - as do his hair-raising descriptions of flight during the Colombia war on drugs.
Part military memoir, part aviation history, and all action & adventure, FLYING NAKED will make you lock your shoulder harness and hold on tight. But don't worry - when it comes to flying, these guys know what they're doing...with or without their clothes...
Synopsis
A lost pilot. A hidden treasure. A troupe of misfit flyers determined to find both.
The companion volume to Flying Naked: An American Pilot in the Amazon Jungle. Together the two books conclude Michael Bleriot's fascinating Emerald World series of aviation adventures, capping the most original series of flying memoirs in years.
"A FUN READ COVER-TO-COVER..." - Jeffrey Miller, author of The Panama Affair
"The best flying stories since Ernie Gann's epics..." - Dave Schlener, ATP
When a sleep-deprived American Air Force pilot in Panama has a vision of tropical treasure, his misfit companions set out to bring the dream to reality. Thus begins a dramatic and hilarious shakedown of every country south of the Texas border, from the jungles of the Yucatan peninsula to the salt flats of Bolivia, as the well-intentioned but often overeager flyers try to collect the dream's baubles and solve the mystery behind them all.
Based on Bleriot's own experience as a counter-drug pilot in South America, Flying Naked 2's colorful characters, sharp dialogue, and fast pacing bring the quest to life - as do his hair-raising descriptions of flight during the Colombia war on drugs.
Part military memoir, part aviation history, and all action & adventure, the Emerald World series of aviation adventures is a tribute to the U.S. Air Force crews and mechanics who flew and operated in the Amazon in the 1990s.
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Synopsis
A LOST PILOT. A HIDDEN TREASURE. A SQUADRON OF MISFIT FLYERS DETERMINED TO FIND BOTH OR DIE TRYING.The companion volume to Flying Naked: An American Pilot in the Amazon Jungle. Together the two books conclude Michael Bleriot's fascinating Emerald World series of aviation adventures, capping the most original series of flying memoirs in years
"A FUN READ COVER-TO-COVER..." - Jeffrey Miller, author of The Panama Affair"The best flying stories since Ernie Gann's epics..." - Dave Schlener, ATP
When a sleep-deprived American Air Force pilot in Panama has a vision of tropical treasure, his misfit companions set out to bring the dream to reality. Thus begins a dramatic and hilarious shakedown of every country south of the Texas border, from the jungles of the Yucatan peninsula to the salt flats of Bolivia, as the well-intentioned but often overeager flyers try to collect the dream's baubles and solve the mystery behind them all.
Based on Bleriot's own experience as a counter-drug pilot in South America, the Emerald World series of aviation adventures is a tribute to the U.S. Air Force crews and mechanics who flew and operated in the Amazon in the 1990s.
If you like books by Dale Brown and Vince Flynn, you'll love Michael Bleriot's Flying Naked Fans of Ernest Gann, Richard Bach, and Antoine de Saint Exupery will also appreciate the flying realism and studied appreciation of the flying world.Order today with one click for Kindle or print