One Zero Charlie: Adventures in Grass Roots Aviation

"Laurence Gonzales' One Ze ro Charlie is the quintessential portrait of the vanishing small airport, and it's exquisitely written. Gonzales is an aerobatic pilot and the son of a WWII pilot/hero: He really knows what he writes about. This isn't the usual sanitized, 'Ain't flying fun?' look at general aviation. Read it if you have the nerve; if not, read it anyway." Plane and Pilot Magazine

"An aviation classic and a must-read for people who like good writing." Patty Wagstaff, three-time U.S. National Aerobatic Champion

Galt Airport in northern Illinois is known to the people who fly out of it as "One-Zero-Charlie" (for its FAA designation as Airport 10C). This evocative excursion into a little-known part of the heart of America takes us to a place where a love of flying draws people together, and a fascination with its sheer exhilaration keeps them that way.