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Summary: Hawk and Me by David Carroll Helms
Review: Every private pilot dreams of taking an extended trip like the one described in this book. It includes enough explanation of the technical side of flying to make it interesting for a non-pilot like myself. But the best part is the author's descriptions of the people and places he visited along the way. Kind of like a Charles Kuralt book, except it vividly describes the views of our country from the air.
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Summary: A Must Have for the Private Pilot
Review: Every private pilot dreams of taking an extended trip like the one described in this book. It includes enough explanation of the technical side of flying to make it interesting for a non-pilot like myself. But the best part is the author's descriptions of the people and places he visited along the way. Kind of like a Charles Kuralt book, except it vividly describes the views of our country from the air.
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Summary: This is Great Stuff!
Review: I usually do not skip around when reading a book. However, no matter where I start, Hawk And Me is always ready to go. The author's style reminds me of another favorite aviation writer, Len Morgan. Both writers have that wonderful ability to place the reader right beside them in the aircraft. Each page has Great Stuff!
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Summary: This is Great Stuff!
Review: I usually do not skip around when reading a book. However, no matter where I start, Hawk And Me is always ready to go. The author's style reminds me of another favorite aviation writer, Len Morgan. Both writers have that wonderful ability to place the reader right beside them in the aircraft. Each page has Great Stuff!
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Summary: An impressive read
Review: It has been some time since I've read Hawk and Me but the wonderful memories still linger. David not only describes this beautiful country from above in a way only a few can, but his flying ability is so apparent. I have had the opportunity to fly twice with David and I was impressed with his attention to detail. Safety was always in the forefront of his flying. He once flew to Alabama for a visit and landed at an alternate air field to avoid bad weather. I met him there and had my first opportunity to fly with him to his original destination, but only after the weather had cleared. I was so impressed by his pressence in the airplane that I knew that I would fly with him anywhere, anytime. The second time I flew with him we took off from an air field in Orlando to fly to Florida's west coast for lunch. Shortly after take off the radio failed and we lost all communications. I am not a pilot but I knew we were in good hands. David flew back over the air field and dipped his wing as a sigal to the ground crew that he had lost communications. The ground crew responded and we landed safely. He followed all the rules that he had learned while earning his pilot's license and it paid off. Let's go flying David.
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Summary: A must-read....
Review: This book is one of those you find hard to put down. I took it with me everywhere in case I had time to read a few pages. Written by a gentlemen who obviously had years of flying time, exceptional knowledge of navigation, geography, technical matters, the fine details of flying an airplane, and of course the Hawk itself from tail to nose (you'll love the way the Hawk becomes personified--a companion rather than a piece of metal.) Mr. Helms keeps a thorough diary of each day and fills each page with anecdotes, political observations, comments on his environment, descriptions of the interesting people he meets, tidbits on the "art" of flying in all sorts of situations. Truly a fascinating book -- for the private pilot and all us "wannabe's."
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Summary: Hawk and Me by David Carroll Helms
Review: This book was a pleasure trip from the take off in Florida to the last touchdown at the author's home base. So many of the same places he saw I had also viewed and with the same feelings of them. This book is for any one that loves America.
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Summary: Hawk and Me
Review: When I got into this book I couldn't read it fast enough. I was so very impressed at the author's writing ability, especially his descriptions of the country side. Well actually the descriptions of everything. His love of flying was apparent as was the love and relationship with "Hawk". Also, the tense moments he experienced-such as picking up ice over the Rocky Mountains and the several instrument approaches to minimums-made me sit up and take notice. Such things give the reader a real sense of the drama that flying can offer. I'm a retired Air Traffic Controller, and the respect this man had for ATC made me proud. Think I'll go take flying lessons. Chester Edge
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