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Never Flew Jets
NEVER FLEW JETS..... is just a story about a guy who never achieved his dream of flying for PanAm or TWA. Like many aspiring pilots, he found many hoops and hurdles to getting into the pilot's seat of a big commercial jet and was never in the right place at the right time with the right qualifications. Instead he flew little planes and turboprops around the Northwest, Alaska, Africa, New Guinea and other fun places and now says, “How lucky could a guy have been”. Everybody has a story to tell and Rich Herrmann just decided to write his down for his family or anyone else who might be interested. After about 30- years of commercial flying he ended up with over 18,000 flight hours and, luckily, no accidents or violations …........ but had a lot of fun!
178 pages, Paperback
Published July 3, 2019
About the author
Richard Herrmann
45 books11 followersRichard Herrmann, MBE was a Norwegian journalist, writer and radio personality.
Hermann graduated in 1939, and subsequently studied philology at University of Oslo. In 1941 he was offered a job with Norsk Telegrambyrå, an offer he reluctantly accepted, as it required all new employees to join Nasjonal Samling. He left the company after a few weeks. In 1952, he was employed by the Reuters newsagency in London, where he stayed until 1964. From 1961 he was the editor for Reuters UK operation. From 1964 to 1977 he was employed by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation as their correspondent in London. He later worked in Norway and was charged with developing the new radio channel NRK P2 in the early 1980s. In 1984 he retired from radio and TV, but he continued to write until he was almost 75 years old. He has written numerous books on Britain, British history and the British people, published in several languages.
After retiring, Hermann spent the remainder of his life in Oslo, where he died after a long, unspecified illness on June 15, 2010, at age 90.
Hermann graduated in 1939, and subsequently studied philology at University of Oslo. In 1941 he was offered a job with Norsk Telegrambyrå, an offer he reluctantly accepted, as it required all new employees to join Nasjonal Samling. He left the company after a few weeks. In 1952, he was employed by the Reuters newsagency in London, where he stayed until 1964. From 1961 he was the editor for Reuters UK operation. From 1964 to 1977 he was employed by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation as their correspondent in London. He later worked in Norway and was charged with developing the new radio channel NRK P2 in the early 1980s. In 1984 he retired from radio and TV, but he continued to write until he was almost 75 years old. He has written numerous books on Britain, British history and the British people, published in several languages.
After retiring, Hermann spent the remainder of his life in Oslo, where he died after a long, unspecified illness on June 15, 2010, at age 90.
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