Senior Birdman

<I>Senior Birdman: The Guy Who Just Had to Fly</I> is the autobiography of one man's improbable rise from a humble farming community to the glamour and glitz of southern California the epicenter of aviation development. Starting with an awe-inspiring moment in a desolate field in western Nebraska the book will wing you-in Forrest Gump-like fashion-through a series of vignettes that bump into the lives of prominent historical figures like General Omar Bradley Howard Hughes even Hugh Heffner. Unedited and as raw as a diary Senior Birdman jumps like a crop duster from naval pre-flight training to McDonnell Douglas to the launch of the DC-8 Jetliner to numerous fly-by commentaries about people places big government and life. If you loved the movie <I>The Aviator</I> you'll want to climb into the cockpit with Eldon Price-pilot aeronautical engineer aerospace executive and family man-and take this short literary flight through some of aviation history's defining moments.</p>