BOOK THE LAST AIRMEN (BOX48)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

THE LAST AIRMEN: EXPLORING MY FATHER'S WORLD

AUTHOR: ROGER RAWLINGS

COPYRIGHT: 1989 BY ROGER RAWLINGS

ISBN: 0-06-016084-5

ANNE DILLARD SAYS, "A TOP-FLIGHT BOOK!  ROGER RAWLINGS IS A NATURAL STORY TELLER, AND HE HAS WRITTEN A FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S LAST SEAT OF THE PANTS PILOTS.  THERE ARE A HUNDRED HILARIOUS STORIES IN HERE."

SAMUEL HYNES, AUTHOR OF FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE SAYS, "I READ THE LAST AIRMEN WITH GREAT PLEASURE.  IT'S FULL OF WONDERFUL FLYING STORIES AND OF COLORFUL CHARACTERS. THE WHOLE BOOK READS LIKE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT PILOTS HAVE WITH EACH OTHER." 

LEN MORGAN, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, FLYING MAGAZINE, SAYS, "ROGER RAWLINGS IS TO BE COMPLIMENTED. WHILE HE IS AN AIRLINE PILOT'S SON, HE IS ALSO AN OUTSIDER, YET HE TELLS THE AIRLINE PILOTS' STORY--AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS--WITH REMARKABLE INSIGHT.  THE PICTURE HE PAINTS IS NOT AS WE RETIRED PILOTS WOULD HAVE HAD IT, YET IS IS A TRUE PICTURE AND THAT IS WHAT COUNTS.  IN A WORD, HE IS RIGHT ON TARGET."