Wild Blue: Stories of Survival from Air and Space

by David Fisher (editor), William Garvey (Editor)

Wild Blue collects the most gripping accounts of what some would call the greatest achievement of the century: controlled flight. Charles Lindbergh takes readers wing-walking in a barnstorming biplane; Ernest K. Gann describes how the nocturnal spell of copiloting a DC-2 at night is broken by the unexpected terror of ice on its wings; a young ace named Chuck Yeager shatters the sound barrier and then loses consciousness in a violently tumbling rocket-plane. From the soaring to the harrowing, from flying a Piper Cub over the Rockies at the age of 14 to a nighttime carrier approach with an anxious, rusty lieutenant, Wild Blue puts readers right in the cockpit.

Genres: Aviation

360 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1999

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[Kristine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best books I've read this year, and one of my overall favorites on aviation. The survival stories are carefully selected and compiled to create a thriller in every chapter. I highly recommend this book for those interested in aviation and spaceflight.