13,760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (572 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0989786900 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 348 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The 747 that went up whole and came down in 876 pieces invaded every part of my life. Berry, a TWA pilot whose fiancée Susanne was one of the 230 passengers and crew who died when that flight exploded. And I hope she couldn't comprehend what was actually happening if she lived long enough to ride this nearly three mile high, free-falling hell-ivator all the way down to the ocean's surface, and then sink to 140 feet below, where her body would wait to be recovered." This is a TWA Flight 800 memoir told by Mark L. 34 companion songs are developed within this book.. My only consolation is that, without being able to turn around, she never saw behind her the giant hole where the rest of the aircraft should have been-an oblong oval opening to the tumbling sky, bordered by torn cables, shredded aluminum aircraft skin, sheared beams and spars, and accented with sparking severed wires
Five Stars Ricardo M. Esteves Excellent read. An Aviator's world crashes with TWA Flight 800 Leland C Shanle Jr. As Aviators, when we hear or read about an accident we compartmentalize and coldly analyze it. We push it away emotionally and key on the technical, operational and procedural errors. It is a form of self preservation; because deep down, as pilots, we know that fate could deal us a losing hand at any time. We analyze mishaps to find a way out, to survive.13,760 Feet-My Personal Hole in the Sky; is the personal story of one Airline Pilot's world crashing down to earth with the aircraft. With his fiance' aboard TWA-800 there was no way to push it away emotionally; with multiple rumors, conspiracies and theories there wasn't even a way to tech. A Harrowing, gripping--and surprisingly entertaining--journey Airline pilots. Consumate professionals who train rigorously to meet every emergency imaginable. But, for airline pilot and author Mark L. Berry, this personal tragedy came without a manual, without a checklist, and without warning.A pilot for the very airline that claimed his fiancée on Flight 800, Mark's struggle with survivor's guilt takes him down a rabbit hole more foreign to him than the exotic, worldwide destinations of his Boeing 727. Determined to bury himself in the work of his "aluminum parachute," as he calls it, he is instead forced to face his own demons as he claws his way back to inner peace. Berry wisely dovetails hi