Books by Delta Pilot Authors #5

Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is the FIFTH VERSION of a growing list of Delta Pilot Authors with the books they have published, and a new section below on BOOKS ABOUT DELTA AIR LINES. Version #4 was dated April 10, 2005. Those books published in (2005) have the copyright date in bold red font. A Replies & Comment section with additional information about the books and authors is below the list. We need biographical information on the authors....please. When they were hired and retired if applicable, where they were based, web sites, which airline originally, email addresses for those I don't have, et cetera.
This list is a work in progress and your help is needed. Please send me the names of other Delta Pilots who have authored and published books and the titles of their books.
REVIEWS OF THESE BOOKS ARE NEEDED. PLEASE SEND ME YOURS TO ADD TO THE REVIEW SECTION BELOW.
As members of this email network, many of you are serious readers, and many of us like to know about Delta pilots who have written books. And members of this network would know of other Delta Pilot authors more than anyone else.
Please send additions, and please make suggestions to improve this list. I will update it periodically.
Thanks, Dave

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BOOKS BY DELTA PILOT AUTHORS #5.

Anderson, John Aubrey Black Or White, (Broadman and Holman, 2005, 331 pages.)
Barr, James C. Airborne Weather Radar-A User's Guide (1993)
Bennett, Paul W. FLYING---A Look Back (1999), Hardback--stories bout C&S and Delta. http://isbn.nu/0967421608/price/3.html
Brantner, Robert M. My Year as an Alaskan Bush Pilot (2003) http://www.bobbrantner.coml
Couch, Tony "WATERCOLOR: You Can Do It!" (1987) "How to" Watercolor instruction book
Couch, Tony "Tony Couch's Keys to Successful Painting" (1992) Instruction book on design for painters
Crum, John "Unfriendly Skies" by Capt "X" and Reynolds Dodson (1989)
Dunn, Mike Sidewinder (1991)
Dunn, Mike Task Force (1992)
Dunn, Mike Quicksilver (1993)
Dunn, Mike Bridge of No Return (1996)
Ferrell, Mallory Hope Colorful East Broad Top, published in 1993 by Heimburger House
Ferrell, Mallory Hope THE SOUTH PARK LINE
(Over 150 websites for "Mallory Hope Ferrell" at http://www.google.com)
Fay, Gerald W. From A -3 to A -10 (1988)
Gandt, Robert L. China Clipper: The Age of the Great Flying Boats (1991) http://www.gandt.com/
Gandt, Robert L. Skygods: The Fall of Pan Am (1995)
Gandt, Robert L. Bogeys and Bandits: The making of a Fighter Pilot (1997)
Gandt, Robert L. Fly Low Fly Fast: Inside the Reno Air Races (1999)
Gandt, Robert L. With Hostile Intent (2001)
Gandt, Robert L. Acts of Vengeance (2002)
Gandt, Robert L. Black Star (2003)
Gandt, Robert L. Shadows of War (2004)
Gandt, Robert L. The Killing Skies (2005)
Hurley, C. D. "REVERIE" A Kaleidoscope of the Prose and Poetry in My Life (2004)
Ippolito, William Leaving on a Jet Plane (2002) http://www.leavingonajetplanebook.com/
Knott, Ron Trophies of Heaven (1995) http://www.godsguarantees.com/
Knott, Ron God's Guarantees for Giving (2002)
Lawson, Archie B. View From the Cockpit: Looking Up (2004) http://www.viewfromthecockpit.com/
Morris, Gregory L. Candlestick Charting Explained (1992,1995)
Mudge, Robert W. Meteorology for Pilots (1945)
Mudge, Robert W. Adventures of a Yellow Bird (1969), Hard back. A Northeast Airline History
Patterson, Robert 'Buzz' Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered America's Long-Term National Security (2003) http://www.buzzpatterson.com/
Patterson, Robert 'Buzz' Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undermine Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers. and Jeopardize Our National Security (2004)
Quilter, Charles J., U.S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991: With the I Marine Expeditionary Force in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Washington: Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, History and Museums Division, GPO, (1993).
Quilter, Charles J. and John Chapin, A History of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531. Washington: Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, History and Museums Division, GPO, (2001).
Rosenkranz, Keith Vipers In The Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot (2002)
Ryder, Nicholas G. Ryder's Standard Geographic Reference, a satellite photo atlas of America (1982)
Severe, Errol The Last of a Breed. (1997).
Shettle, M.L. Jr. UNITED STATES NAVAL AIR STATIONS OF WORLD WAR II - Volume 1 Eastern States, Schaertel Publishing, 2000, many photos, 241 pgs.
Shettle, M.L. Jr. UNITED STATES NAVAL AIR STATIONS OF WORLD WAR II - Volume 2 Western States Schaertel Publishing, 1997, many photos, 284 pgs.
Shettle, M.L. Jr. UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AIR STATIONS OF WORLD WAR II, self-published, 2001, photos & history of each Marine Corps air station, 22 in all, many photos, 179 pgs.
Shettle, M.L. Jr. Georgia's Army Air Fields of WW II - 140 pages, 213 photos. self-published.
Stannard, Louis China Diaries. (2004) See China Diaries website: www.chinadiaries.com
Sternstein, Ed From Takeoff to Landing (Everything You Want to Know About Flying but Have No One to Ask) (1991)
Stevens, Robert W. Alaskan Aviation History (Vol. I: 1897-1928)
Stevens, Robert W. Alaskan Aviation History (Vol. II: 1929-1930)
Werkema, Mark A. On Fulcrum's Wings (2000)
Werkema, Mark A. and Koehn II, James J. The Flight Before Christmas (2003)
Whitcomb, Darrel D. The Rescue of Bat 21 (1998)
Whitten, Louis G. Whitten's Flying Fables: How Not to Fly or How to Crash or How Not to Crash (1994).

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BOOKS ABOUT DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

Davies, R.E.G. DELTA: The Illustrated History of A Major U.S> Airline And The People Who Made It. (1990)
Davis, Sidney F. DELTA Air Lines: Debunking the Myth (1989)
Jones, Geoff Delta Air Lines: 75 Years of Airline Excellence (Images of America) (2003)
Nolan, Harry L. Airline Without A Pilot - Leadership Lessons/Inside Story of Delta's Success, Decline and Bankruptcy (2005),
Nolan’s book is an engaging history of Delta and its people. His focus is the company’s 7 CEOs and the Board of Directors. In the book, he shows how the values and decisions of each one have impacted thousands of people for good or ill. His extensive research included in-depth interviews with 59 members of the “Delta family”; analysis of Delta annual reports and financial statements since its founding in 1929; dozens of media sources over the last 20 years. The book answers the questions about how Delta became successful; what caused the company’s decline; what Delta needs to do to emerge successfully from bankruptcy.
Bookwire Review – “At its core…a story of human drama and shocking corporate malfeasance…” “Nolan’s writing is refreshingly candid and unrestrained.”
Amazon.com Customer Reviews:
“Author GET'S IT in `spot on', absorbing case study of Delta and its management”
“The Best Business Book I Have Read”
“A Must Read! Unique leadership perspective with practical solutions for any business to build on its strengths.”
“Should be required reading for every MBA student in America.”
“I had to get up in the middle of the night to finish this book! An engaging, but easy read for anyone.”
“Even-handed approach for a difficult story”
Nolan is head of Management Advisory Services, Inc. a successful management-consulting firm he founded in Atlanta 23 years ago. A former student of Peter Drucker, he specializes in leadership and working with senior executives to improve business performance. Nolan is also a member of the “Delta family”: spouse was a Delta manager for 26 years; personal relationships with many Delta executives, employees and customers; stockholder; member of Delta Community Credit Union; Delta Frequent Flyer.
Available at www.targetmarkbooks.com, www.amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Crew Outfitters (formerly Flight Station), Hudson airport stores and shops (ATL, ORD, DFW)
A portion of the proceeds from sale of the book are being donated to the Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum.
I just got great news that it will be carried in the Hudson bookstores and shops in the airports in Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas. Crew Outfitters (formerly Flight Station), next to the G.O., is also carrying it.
A Delta pilot in Salt Lake City recommended me to a local radio station there and they did a 20 minute live interview about a week ago.
Thank you for all you do for the Delta pilot group…and thank you for all your help in publicizing my book.
Cordially,
Harry
Harry L. Nolan, Jr., Certified Management Consultant
See www.targetmarkbooks.com for Nolan's latest book

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BOOKS BY DELTA PILOT AUTHORS --- REPLIES & COMMENTS

Thanks to each of you for your contribution. I have included more than just the title in these replies as I think it is helpful. If you have an email address or web site for any of these authors or books, please send it to me to include with this list. Dave
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Anderson, John Aubrey
- The book is titled Black Or White, (Broadman and Holman, 2005) I would classify it as Christian suspense. The catalog tag line reads, "On the shores of Cat Lake, in the midst of the most defined era of segregation in American history, a spitfire seven-year old white girl and spiritual eleven-year-old black boy live each day as best friends. Despite the idyllic scenery and their youthful innocence, forces of darkness trouble the girl and ultimately lead these children to make choices you will never forget. Author John Aubrey Anderson weaves a gripping tale of warmth, humor, and profound eternal truth."
- The next in the series is scheduled to be out in January of 2006. John A.
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Barr, James
I know of a book (non-fiction) about using airborne weather radar written by Delta Captain James Barr. I don't know where Jim is flying now but he is an active DAL pilot and either a line check airman or instructor or both. I believe you can obtain a copy of his book through Sporty's.
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:47:04 EST
Dave, I was cleaning up several days ago and happened to run across Captain Barr's book - Airborne Weather Radar-A User's Guide by James C. Barr // Iowa State University Press copyright 1993 // ISBN 0-8138-1363-8 TL696.R2B37 1993 629.132'5214-dc20.
Robert Hartl
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Bennett, Paul
I'd like to help promote another book, one by Capt. Paul Bennett, Retired. He has written about his experiences in flying and the planes he's known. Many of his friends in flying will find themselves in there. The book is: Flying, A Look Back, by Captain Paul Bennett. It is hard cover and well illustrated.
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Crum, John
The title was "Unfriendly Skies" by Capt "X" and Reynolds Dodson, published by Doubleday.
One comes to mind right away. "Captain X" by John Crum. Delta told him there could be no reference to the company or himself but he took it on an extensive promotion anyway. (Today Show et al ) He was a rough and tumble kind of guy. Former Army paratrooper. Retired in 98 as an MD-11 Check Airman. As I recall , John had broken many bones in his body when his skydiving chute streamed and he did the writing while he was off for about a year. After he retired, he joined Dave Greenberg at Korean Air trying to bring some respectability to their ops and Park City was his home base.
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Fay, Gerald W. From a -3 to a -10
Gerald W. Fay - Captain, Pacific Northern Airlines, Western Airlines, wrote a book about the airline industry, titled "From a -3 to a -10". Gerry passed away in the mid-eighties.
Here's a review from Amazon.com written by Gerald Fay's son:
Flying Boat Era in World War 2, September 22, 2005
Reviewer: P. M. Fay "Pat Fay" (Seattle, WA USA)
My father used to tell me his war day flying stories when I was a teenager back in the late 1960's. I kept encouraging him to write a book because his war experiences flying in the South Pacific in the flying boats was unique. I knew history when I heard it.
This book would better be titled, "From a DC-3 to a DC-10. The flying career of Jerry Fay". Born in 1920 and a pilot at 16 years of age in 1936 made him the perfect age to experience World War 2. He writes an excellent historical document of what it was like to be a flight engineer on flying machines that needed his skills as a mechanic to keep those machines in the air. He writes of maintaining engines while in flight!
Not just World War 2 experiences will you find here. He tells of flying the AT6, Stearman, Ryans, DC-3's, Constellation, the 720, 727, and DC-10 among others. His descriptions of the early days of flying in Alaska are excellent. It is amazing to read the descriptions of those early days in Alaska.
This book, from a -3 to a -10 is an historical document of the pilots and their flying machines from 1936 to 1985. Pat Fay
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Ferrell, Mallory Hope
Mallory Hope Ferrell...... Mal Ferrell, an ex-Western guy, wrote many railroad related books which some of our guys might be interested in....He lives/lived in PTC.....maybe someone else can give you more details, but they were really good books and widely distributed......
Mallory Hope Ferrell is the author of numerous books and articles exploring the history of US railroads-with a focus on narrow-gauge railroads like the EBT. A noted photographer himself, Mal has also amassed a personal collection of over 100,000 railroad photos and negatives. This collection has served as the basis for many articles published in railroad and model railroad magazines as well as 15 books. Mal started a career as a professional photographer, but after service as an Air Force pilot in Vietnam he became a commercial airline pilot-pursuing his interests in railroads and photography as avocations.
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Gandt, Bob
Thanks to retired PAA/DL Captain Bob Gandt for this news about his new book. They're a great read and I've enjoyed all four. Check out his web site below. Dave
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 13:48:57 -0500