One Zero Charlie (Paperback)

Galt Airport in northern Illinois, known to its pilots as "One Zero Charlie" (for its Federal Aviation Administration designation as Airport 10C), is a microcosm of grass roots aviation. Through his years of flying, Laurence Gonzales flew out of One Zero Charlie and has come to know the flying men and women who have made it a sort of all-hours club, where someone is always brewing coffee, and the doughnuts are fresh from the bakery. By turns exhilarating, intimate, hilarious, and tragic, this book explores the most democratic America there is, the only qualification being that you have to be crazy to join. No detached observer, Gonzales is deeply involved in his Blue Highways of the sky. He skillfully rips through our illusions and gets at the perverse reality of aviation, in which science can turn to witchcraft in a flicker, and those who aren't quick to notice the transformation are quick to perish.

General

Imprint:	Simon & Schuster
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	September 2007
Authors:	Laurence Gonzales
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	276
ISBN-13:	978-1-4165-7641-9
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Aircraft: general interest Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4165-7641-X
Barcode:	9781416576419

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