POSTFLIGHT: An Old Pilot's Logbook

by Byron Edgington

Do you want a long, satisfying career in the sky? Good, because that's what I want for you, and why I wrote this book. Let me give you wisdom that only fifty years in the cockpit can offer. POSTFLIGHT has tips and information I wish I had when I started flying fifty years ago. If your dream is to fly, then An Old Pilot's Logbook was written for you.I'll ask only Be the best pilot you can be, and someday open your own logbook for a young pilot like yourself.-An old pilot

Kindle Edition

Published July 22, 2021

About the author

Byron Edgington is the author of the recently published, A Vietnam Anthem available on Amazon & for Kindle. A Vietnam Anthem is the other side of the war, how it shaped the author in ways good and bad, making him the man he is today.

Edgington is also the author of The Sky Behind Me, a memoir based on his career in aviation, and his unique perspective on life from his seat in the sky. TSBM is also available on Amazon in paperback & digital editions.

Edgington capped a forty-year aviation career in 2005 to return to college and to write. He earned his Bachelors in English from The Ohio State University in June 2012 at age 63. His flying experience includes 12,500 hours of logged helicopter time in twenty different military and commercial aircraft, corporate, ENG, charter and tour flying. In twenty years of Air Medical aviation he flew 3,200 patient missions. A Vietnam veteran with 1,100 combat hours, Edgington’s military decorations include the Vietnam campaign medal, VN Service, Air Medal with 24 oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star, and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Publication credits include the non-fiction essay titled ‘Lift Off,’ winner of The Bailey Prize offered by the Swedenborg Foundation Press. ‘Lift Off’ appears in the 2012 edition of The Chrysalis Reader. Other credits include 'After the Rain' in Gemini Magazine, and 'What they don’t tell you about returning to college at 62' in The Evening Street Review. An essay titled 'Body Language' received a special mention from Anderbo, and the fiction piece 'A War Story' recently received an honorable mention from Glimmer Train. The current issue of Penduline Press contains a fiction piece titled 'Baggage.'

Edgington’s work in progress includes a novel, 'Waiting for Willie Pete: A Helicopter Novel of Vietnam, and 'The Plowman & The Pilot, a Boy Writes About His Father.'

Byron Edgington is married to his best friend, Mariah. He has three beautiful daughters, and three delightful grandkids. He lives and writes on the side of a volcano in Western Panama, and he truly believes that life is too short to be a passenger.

Reviews

[Jim Dulin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a must read for aspiring pilots.

Having read, "The Sky Behind Me: A Memior of Flying and Life," by my now friend By, I understand his consideration for young people with interest in a career flying and thus the impetus for this book. "Postflight: An Old Pilot's Logbook " covers the positive and negative aspects of a life of flying emphasizing the good.

We who teach flying, as By has both military and civilian, can also benefit from study of this book. His devotion to his crew, mechanics, passengers, and students is evident and instructional. He points out that while staying cognizant of open doors, we can help our fellow pilots both up and down the chain of command. From his heart, this is more than just CRM.

Finally By emphasises the opportunities for female pilots. I agree with him that we need more of them and that they make excellent pilots. Again, "Postflight: An Old Pilot's Logbook " is a must read for aspiring pilots, especially girls/women.

[Jim Tritten · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book that every fledgling aviator ought to read. In the old days, yes I am an old pilot, we got this kind of "gouge" from the ground school instructors in military flight training. They told tales that were never published. As time progressed, the ground school instructors were replaced by programmed texts and now by online courses. True tales fell out with the switch. The book is well written and contains many a chapter that is best appreciated by those thinking about going into the air, in training, in an operational flying billet, or like me, lived through all those years of cheating death. It is a great book that brought back many memories. Byron added a small section that summarized an incident that I have previously published. I am proud to have made a minor contribution. Byron got it right and you can benefit from his efforts. Highly recommended.

[Mark Moxley-Knapp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice memoir that's also a guide to getting into aviation. Plenty of personal stories, from the author and others, about how to prepare yourself, and succeed, in the field (and other fields.) Well-written and -edited.