Unlearning to Fly: Navigating the Turbulence and Bliss of Growing Up in the Sky, A Memoir
Language: English
Published by Holt & Grooms Co. Ltd., 2020
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In his equally fascinating and poignant memoir, the Russ Roberts reveals how his steadfast love of airplanes guides him through a tumultuous childhood and empowers him to set the course for his own life.A thoughtful and detailed remembrance of a life in flight. In Roberts' vivid telling of his life story, he was always a pilot at heart. (Kirkus Reviews)He will make you feel the awe of sitting in the cockpit, the wonder of taking flight, and the unbridled joy of achieving goals. Despite his disqualifying impairment and the family burning flames of alcohol, he will be an airline pilot. Nothing matters more.As he grows up, the author immerses himself in the world of pilots and cockpits and hangars. He soaks up every gem of aviation wisdom his father and other pilots impart, earning his pilot's license before he can drive and, at seventeen, becoming the youngest licensed flight instructor in the U.S. Later, his story flies you from the skies of Alaska to America's East Coast, and on to Greenland, Iceland, and Europe, The big dream, the dream of becoming an airline pilot, though, remains elusive. Finally, on a stressful cross-Atlantic flight in a single-engine airplane with a broken compass and iced-over wings, Roberts realizes that further growth, both personal and career, requires pushing aside beliefs he learned in his formative years. He must think for himself, take risks, form his own ideas.He must unlearn. to fly.…
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- Title
- Unlearning to Fly: Navigating the Turbulence and Bliss of Growing Up in the Sky, A Memoir
- Author
- Russ Roberts
- Publisher
- Holt & Grooms Co. Ltd.
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1735641308
- ISBN 13
- 9781735641300
None of it changed the one thing he knew from childhood: he would be an airline pilot.
In this candid memoir, Roberts tells how a boy’s steadfast love of airplanes carried him through a turbulent childhood and eventually taught him to chart his own course. Kirkus Reviews calls the book “a thoughtful and detailed remembrance of a life in flight” and observes that, in Roberts’ vivid telling, “he was always a pilot at heart.”
As a boy, Roberts gives himself over to the world of hangars, cockpits, and the men who fly. He gathers what wisdom he can from his father and the other pilots who take him under their wings. He earns his pilot’s license before he is old enough to drive on the road. At seventeen, he becomes the youngest licensed flight instructor in the United States.
But the airline cockpit remains out of reach.
His journey takes him from the skies of Alaska to the East Coast, then across the North Atlantic to Greenland, Iceland, and Europe. Along the way, the lessons become about more than airplanes.
This is also the story of a family strained by religion, alcohol, and money, and of a son trying to decide how much of what he inherited should determine the man he becomes.
Everything converges over the North Atlantic, in a single-engine airplane with a broken compass and ice forming on the wings. Continuing means more than finding a way through the weather. Roberts must begin questioning some of the beliefs that have guided him since childhood—and decide for himself which ones are still worth carrying.
To become the pilot he wants to be, he must first unlearn.
Climb into the cockpit. You will feel the wonder of first flight, and what it cost to earn the sky.
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