Wingman

by Steven L. Thompson, Virtual Voice (Narrator)

July, 1993: Pete Yates is in his early 50s, a career airline pilot who went on strike when a rapacious Wall St. financier raided his airline years before. Now he's out of work and out of money, trying to figure out how to make a living, when he encounters his old U.S. Navy wingman, who now owns a huge vintage warbirds air-show and aircraft trading company. Offered a job as a pilot, Yates swallows his pride and takes the job--and his life takes off in a direction he could never have imagined in his wildest dreams (and as a former Naval Aviation attack pilot with two tours in Vietnam, he has some wild dreams). What happens to and because of Yates in Warbirds of the World takes him into combat again, and ultimately into a confrontation with himself about who he really is and what his life means. Along the way he finds new hope, new love, new flying experiences and a challenge greater than any he ever faced.

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Published July 8, 2025

About the author

Steven Lynn Thompson (born 1948) is an author, magazine journalist, historian of technology and former motorcycle racer.