GQfluffy wrote:I'm not man enough to share what I'm almost finished reading.
Fifty Shades of Grey?
Orbit by John J. Nance
Basically, a guy wins a ride on a commercial space flight. Something goes wrong, he's left up there all alone. Most of the book deals with him coming to terms with his circumstances and the path his life has taken up to that point.
I've read a few of Nance's books already (
Final Approach, Saving Cascadia, Headwind, Pandora's Clock, Fire Flight). This one, while good, isn't his best. Probably because commercial spaceflight is still pretty much a "theory" and Nance hasn't personally experienced it.
Fire Flight by John J. Nance
Forest fires and the men and women who fight them. Old aircraft on the verge of falling apart, but there's something not quite right with the maintenance records. Is the owner trying to save a buck or two or are the aircraft being flown "off the books" for the CIA?
I really liked this book. It gives a real good look at the lives of the people on the front lines of the fires (air and ground) plus enough suspense to keep you reading. There is, however, a incident where a Baron nearly looses a wing and flys back to the airport upside down. And lands on a flat bed trailer being pulled down the runway. Yeah.
The Captain's Airline by Captain Al Samson
Omega and Pacific have completed thier merger. After a terrible summer of crashes and other incidents, Omega decides it needs to implement Crew Resource Management. Some old school Captains resist. Others are supportive. Former Navy jetjock Brad Morehouse is part of the team implementing this program and he sees first hand just how badly it's needed.
This is an odd book. On one hand, it seems almost like a textbook on CRM. On the other, it seems like a novel about a man who helps a team of people bring an airline back from the brink of disaster. It's an ok read.
Make Orwell fiction again.