Aviation Comedy

An underpaid, overworked certified flight instructor cheats death while attempting to teach a cast of incompetent student pilots to fly at a skeezy South Florida flight school; all in the quest to build flight time so he can get a “real job” at an airline. The planes break, the regs break, metal gets bent, students are lost at sea, and a Top Gun wannabe student, who has 400 hours of flight instruction, still hasn’t made his first solo flight.

I’m a cargo pilot. In the industry, I’m known as a “Freight Dog.” I fly canceled checks and other types of high-value cargo around the country, mostly at night, in airplanes that are older than I am. Flying freight - or “work” as we call it - in small, twin-engine aircraft is a lesser known side of the aviation world. Our day starts when banker’s hours end. Thousands of flights move millions of pounds of work from city to city every night while the rest of the country is asleep.

Mrs. Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama, has just married off the last of her daughters and is looking forward to relaxing and perhaps traveling with her husband, Earle. The only thing left to contend with is her mother, the formidable Lenore Simmons Krackenberry. Lenore may be a lot of fun for other people, but is, for the most part, an overbearing presence for her daughter. Then one day, quite by accident, Sookie discovers a secret about her mother's past that knocks her for a loop and suddenly calls into question everything she ever thought she knew about herself, her family, and her future.

Fasten your seatbelts for the first The Smokey Chronicles, the must-read aviation humor collection featuring Captain Smokey Thornberry - the most outrageously confident pilot whose flying skills are matched only by his talent for embellishment! Meet Smokey: a man who wasn't born to follow rules—he was conceived to rewrite them with flourish. With 147 pairs of aviator sunglasses (each with its own name, personality, and Instagram account), Smokey transforms ordinary flights into extraordinary airplane adventures that will have you laughing until your oxygen mask drops. Discover why ...

A brash, funny, and downright ballsy ode to the ups and downs of life in the air. Diary of a Pissed-Off Flight Attendant is an eye opening, behind the scenes, indiscreet account based on almost two decades of aviation industry experience. Combining a unique blend of hilarious customer antics with the secrets behind the enviable lives of flight attendants and pilots, Diary of a Pissed-Off Flight Attendant provides an all-access pass for frequent flyers and novice travelers alike. Growing up, author Sydney Pearl admired her Aunt Claire's seemingly glamorous career. Then, Sydney became a ...

In this ambitious and groundbreaking history, Lauren Collins weaves together stories of four Wilmington, NC families over 125 years to create a full accounting of the long-term effects of the 1898 white supremacist massacre and coup and its critical role in subverting American democracy After...

L'amour est dans l'air... et il fait l'objet d'une forte réduction. Katherine « Kitty » Jenkins vit sa vie selon les chiffres en tant qu'analyste des prix de SkyLine Airlines. Mais lorsqu'elle découvre une faille dans son système qui a également été trouvée par Tyson Hound, l'innovateur hors-la-loi d'Atlas Airways, leur rivalité professionnelle prend une tournure inattendue. Bientôt, ils s'engagent dans un jeu à grands enjeux consistant à réserver des vols à prix réduit sur les compagnies aériennes de l'autre, ce qui donne lieu à des rencontres « fortuites » à 35 000 ...

El amor está en el aire... y con grandes descuentos. Katherine «Kitty» Jenkins vive su vida según los números como la mejor analista de precios de SkyLine Airlines. Pero cuando descubre una laguna en su sistema que también ha encontrado Tyson Hound, el innovador de Atlas Airways, su rivalidad profesional da un giro inesperado. Pronto se enzarzan en un juego de alto riesgo que consiste en reservar vuelos con descuento en las aerolíneas del otro, lo que provoca encuentros «fortuitos» a 35.000 pies de altura y conversaciones que duran mucho después del aterrizaje. A medida que se ...

Love is in the air... and it's deeply discounted. Katherine "Kitty" Jenkins lives her life by the numbers as SkyLine Airlines' top pricing analyst. But when she discovers a loophole in her system that's also been found by Atlas Airways' rule-breaking innovator Tyson Hound, their professional rivalry takes an unexpected turn. Soon they're engaged in a high-stakes game of booking discounted flights on each other's airlines, leading to "chance" encounters at 35,000 feet and conversations that last long after landing. As their connection deepens, so do the complications. With suspicious ...

Great Australian Aviation Stories is a collection of dramatic true stories and colourful accounts of our fascinating aviation history. These stories also show the "human" side of aviation...how it changed the lives of ordinary people, workers, and travellers. Included are amazing stories of history-making flights by Kingsford Smith and Ross and Keith Smith, and accounts of the exploits of Bert Hinkler, Amy Johnson, Nancy Bird, and our early outback aviation pioneers.