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""A heartening, handsome aviator’s memoir. We experience Dale’s schoolboy intensity, thrills, achievements — and an early, shuddering near-miss which sets the stage for life lessons from a distinguished aviator’s career."" — Barbara Radnofsky, co-author of The Barber, The Astronaut, and The Golf Ball. ""As a retired USAF pilot myself, I enjoyed many of David’s descriptions of his flying experiences. If you like aviation, you’ll like this book."" — Terry Pappas, retired pilot, USAF and NASA. ""A fantastic read whether your career is in the rear-view mirror or you are just starting out.I laughed out loud and teared up over the experiences he describes so well."" — Retired Air Force Col. Pam Melroy, former NASA astronaut, former deputy administrator of NASA.

A heartening, handsome aviator's memoir. We experience Dale's schoolboy intensity, thrills, achievements -- and an early, shuddering near-miss which sets the stage for life lessons from a distinguished aviator's career. --Barbara Radnofsky, co-author of The Barber, The Astronaut, and The Golf Ball As a retired USAF pilot myself, I enjoyed many of David's descriptions of his flying experiences. If you like aviation, you'll like this book.--Terry Pappas, retired pilot, USAF and NASA A fantastic read whether your career is in the rear-view mirror or you are just starting out.I laughed out loud and teared up over the experiences he describes so well. --Retired Air Force Col. Pam Melroy, former NASA astronaut, former deputy administrator of NASA

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Houston native David Dale is a fifth-generation Texan who graduated as a fourth-generation Longhorn from the University of Texas at Austin with a Business Administration degree. He was commissioned in 1984 as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. His flying assignments during a twenty-year military career included navigating the B-52G, piloting both the U.S. KC-10 and Dutch KDC-10 air refueling tankers, and finally the Gulfstream G-III and G-V (C-20B and C-37A) for high-level dignitaries. His aviation articles have appeared in Plane & Pilot magazine and on Avgeekery.com. He is married to the former Karin Smith of Corpus Christi, Texas, and they have two grown children, Daniel and Shelby. David is currently a Boeing 737 captain for Southwest Airlines. He and Karin reside in the Texas Hill Country west of Austin.

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