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In the Black, A Satire of the Sixties eBook is on Sale for $.99 at Amazon or Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited

If ever a period in American history deserved the Catch-22 treatment…

It is the decade you either love to hate or hate to love.

“In the Black is Ayn Rand on drugs” ~John Galt

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“The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.”

~Henry Beston

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Racing the Dream eBook is on Sale for $1.99 at Amazon or Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited

Ride along as Hawk tangles with fellow pilots in “uncooperative formation flying” at two-hundred miles per hour a mere fifty feet off the ground in the revival of air racing in the early Sixties.

And then one day cruising home to Van Nuys airport, Hawk spies Allison, a beach-blonde surfer girl, insanely wing-walking on the top of a Stearman PT-17 bi-plane. He quickly sets his sights on her.

Book #3 in the White Hawk Aviation Adventure Series

Fly low…Fly fast…and Turn Left…

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A compendium of Pilot Rules (Number 30 is Gospel in Fighters).

1. The only three things a wingman should ever say are:
“Two's up. “
“Lead, you're on fire.”
“I'll take the fat chick.”

2. In a multi-place aircraft, there are only three things the copilot should ever say:
“Nice landing, Sir.”
“I'll buy the first round.”
“I'll take the fat chick.”

3. As a new copilot on a bomber I was told to say these three things and to otherwise keep my mouth shut and not touch anything:
“Clear on the right.”
“Outer (marker) on the double (indicator).”
“I'll eat the chicken.” (Crew meals consisted of one steak and one chicken to avoid possible food poisoning of the cockpit crew).

4. As an aviator in flight you can do anything you want. As long as it's right. And we'll let you know if it's right after you land.

5. You can't fly forever without getting killed.

6. As a pilot only two bad things can happen to you and one of them will:
One day you will walk out to the aircraft knowing that it is your last flight in an airplane.
One day you will walk out to the airplane not knowing that it is your last flight in an airplane.

7. Any flight over water in a single engine airplane will absolutely guarantee abnormal engine noises and vibrations.

8. There are Rules and there are Laws. The rules are made by men who think that they know better how to fly your airplane than you; the Laws (of Physics) were made by God. You can, and sometimes should, suspend the Rules but you can never suspend the Laws.

9. More about Rules:
The rules are a good place to hide if you don't have a better idea and the talent to execute it.
If you deviate from a rule, it must be a flawless performance. (e.g., If you fly under a bridge, don't hit the bridge.)

10. The pilot is the highest form of life on earth.

11. The ideal pilot is the perfect blend of discipline and aggressiveness.

12. About check rides:
The only real objective of a check ride is to complete it and get the bastard out of your airplane.
It has never occurred to any flight examiner that the examinee couldn't care less what the examiner's opinion of his flying ability really is.

13. The medical profession is the natural enemy of the aviation profession.

14. The job of the Wing Commander is to worry incessantly that his career depends solely on the abilities of his aviators to fly their airplanes without mishap and that their only minuscule contribution to the effort is to bet their lives on it.

15. Ever notice that the only experts who decree that the “age of the manned flight” is over are people who have never flown anything? Also, in spite of the intensity of their feelings that the pilot's day is over I know of no such expert who has volunteered to be a passenger in a non-piloted aircraft.

16. It is absolutely imperative that the pilot be unpredictable. Rebelliousness is very predictable. In the end, conforming almost all the time is the best way to be unpredictable.

17. He who demands everything that his aircraft can give him is a pilot; he that demands one iota more is a fool.

18. If you're gonna fly low, do not fly slow! ASW pilots know this only too well. (Amen)

19. It is solely the pilot's responsibility to never let any other thing touch his aircraft.

20. If you can learn how to fly as a 2nd Lt and not forget how to fly by the time you're a Maj. you will have lived a happy life.

21. About night flying:
- Remember that the airplane doesn't know that it's dark.
- On a clear, moonless night, never fly between the tanker's lights.
- There are certain aircraft sounds that can only be heard at night.
- If you're going to night fly, it might as well be in the weather so you can double count your exposure to both hazards.
- Night formation is really an endless series of near misses in equilibrium with each other.
- You would have to pay a lot of money at a lot of amusement parks and perhaps add a few drugs, to get the same blend of psychedelic sensations as a single-engine night flight in weather.

22. One of the most important skills that a pilot must develop is the skill to ignore those things that were designed by non-pilots to get the pilot's attention.

23. At the end of the day, the controllers, ops supervisors, maintenance guys, weather guessers, and birds are all trying to kill you and your job is to not let them.

24. The concept of "controlling" airspace with radar is just a form of FAA sarcasm directed at pilots to see if they're gullible enough to swallow it. Or to put it another way, when's the last time the FAA ever shot anyone down?

25. Remember that the radio is only an electronic suggestion box for the pilot. Sometimes the only way to clear up a problem is to turn it off.

26. It is a tacit, yet profound admission of the preeminence of flying in the hierarchy of the human spirit, that those who seek to control aviators via threats always threaten to take one's wings and not one's life.

27. Remember when flying low and inverted that the rudder still works the same old way but hopefully your flight instructor never taught you "pull stick back, plane go up".

28. Mastering the prohibited maneuvers in the NATOPS Manual is one of the best forms of aviation life insurance you can get.

29. A tactic done twice is a procedure (refer to unpredictability discussion above).

30. The aircraft G-limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular airplane. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no G-limits.

31. One of the beautiful things about a single piloted aircraft is the quality of the social experience.

32. If a mother has the slightest suspicion that her infant might grow up to be a pilot, she had better teach him to put things back where he got them.

33. The ultimate responsibility of the pilot is to fulfill the dreams of the countless millions of earthbound ancestors who could only stare skyward ...and wish.

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“I write in the morning, I walk in the afternoon and I read in the evening. It’s a very easy, lovely life.”

~Margaret Forster

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The Darknet: Murder by Munchausen #2 Audiobook is on Sale for $1.99 at Apple, B&N & Chirp

It was the case of a lifetime……but then it went sideways on her. The suspect Maddie put behind bars might have been crazy but it turns out he was innocent, and now she finds herself in the Artificial Crimes Unit hunting a serial killer from two hundred years ago and a madman breathing life back into him with modern technology. Worse yet, she’s partnered up with Jake, her former lover.

“The author certainly took this book up a notch from its predecessor…[an] enjoyable cruise through gory crime scenes, killer robots, and a clever villain who always seems to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.” – Frank Frission Reviews (5 of 5 Stars)

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“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”

~Omar Khayyam

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For a few minutes each year, sunlight makes this Yosemite waterfall look like a river of fire.😍

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The Invisible Mind eBook is on Sale for $1.99 or Available Free In Kindle Unlimited at Amazon

Now unleashed, the “Baron” is resurrecting history’s notorious serial killers, giving them a second life in the bodies of hacked and reprogrammed Personal Assistant Androids, then turning them loose to terrorize the city.

“After the ending of The Darknet I couldn’t grab The Invisible Mind fast enough…I love this series…” – J.D. Bronder Book Reviews (5 of 5 Stars)

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