80 Percent Luck, 20 Percent Skill: My Life as a WWII Navy Ferry Pilot

"My favorite part was when his wingmen told him he was trailing smoke, that somewhere in his airplane, there was a fire. 'Paul and Russ agreed to do the radio work just when my radio died. The receiver-transmitter is behind the pilot's seat. I knew where the fire was.' No fluff, no BS, no emotion. And he saved the airplane." -Mark A. Hewitt, bestselling author of the Duncan Hunter Thriller (aviation) series

A post-Depression 11-year-old farm boy sees a Piper Cub for the first time and chases...