Takeoff : Career Adventures in General Aviation and the FAA
, by Hull, John R.
- ISBN: 9780738813790 | 0738813796
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/1/2000
| Acknowledgments | p. 13 |
| Preface | p. 15 |
| General Aviation Industry | |
| The Preflight Years | |
| What Do You Want to Be? | p. 23 |
| The Roots of My Raising Run Deep | p. 27 |
| From Agony to Ecstasy on My First Airplane Ride | p. 31 |
| "You'll Never Be a Pilot" | p. 34 |
| The Pretty Party Crasher | p. 37 |
| School Daze | p. 41 |
| The War Years | |
| Civil Air Patrol Coast Patrol Duty | p. 47 |
| Regaining Respect at Coastal Patrol Base #21 | p. 52 |
| I Join the Marines by Mistake | p. 57 |
| Surviving Boot Camp at Parris Island | p. 61 |
| Tragedy and Heartbreak at Cherry Point | p. 65 |
| The Fatal Switch | p. 70 |
| Finding My Niche in Marine Aviation | p. 75 |
| Tarawa--My First Taste of War | p. 78 |
| Night Fighter Action in the Marshall Islands | p. 84 |
| Mopping up on Saipan | p. 89 |
| I Almost Miss the Boat | p. 93 |
| Back Home in the Good Old U.S.A. | p. 97 |
| Marriage was Far from My Mind | p. 101 |
| Thrills and Chills on My First Solo Flight | p. 105 |
| I Learn to Fly Right | p. 110 |
| They Almost Ship Me Out Again | p. 115 |
| The Training Years | |
| On-The-Job Training | p. 121 |
| I Finally Become a Private Pilot | p. 126 |
| We Take a Second Honeymoon in a J-3 Cub | p. 129 |
| Iron Thumb Barretta | p. 131 |
| Exciting But Insecure Work | p. 133 |
| Three Strikes and I'm Out | p. 138 |
| Mechanic School--a Big Tough Decision | p. 143 |
| Cal Aero Technical Institute | p. 148 |
| Looking for Work | p. 154 |
| "You Can't Fly, You're Color-Blind" | p. 158 |
| A Fast Track to a Commercial Pilot License | p. 163 |
| A Home of Our Own | p. 168 |
| An Airplane Becomes a Part of Me | p. 171 |
| The Professional Pilot/Mechanic Years | |
| Any Old Port in a Thunderstorm | p. 177 |
| The Piper Pacer Wing Ding | p. 180 |
| A Pilot's Most Embarrassing Moment | p. 183 |
| The Pressure Pot | p. 185 |
| Walking in High Cotton | p. 190 |
| Helpful Influences | p. 194 |
| The Wrestler | p. 198 |
| My Transition from Airplanes to Automobiles | p. 202 |
| "Where Are We?" | p. 206 |
| We Called Him Steve | p. 210 |
| The Phantom Runway | p. 214 |
| Back Seat Airplane Driver | p. 218 |
| The Clipped Tip Propeller | p. 222 |
| Why I Quit Scud Running | p. 226 |
| Caught in Violation | p. 233 |
| From Norfolk to Amarillo with a Lunatic | p. 237 |
| My Most Unforgettable Flight | p. 242 |
| We Got a Bonus Instead of a Boy | p. 249 |
| The Mexican Connection | p. 253 |
| Just Turn it Loose | p. 259 |
| Bill Piper's Tree Top Encounter | p. 263 |
| Fixed Base Operator | |
| Hull Aircraft Service | p. 267 |
| Light Twin Airplanes Take Heavy Toll | p. 272 |
| "I'll Show Him" | p. 277 |
| What Do You Mean, "Totaled?" | p. 282 |
| Foolhardy Ferry Flight | p. 287 |
| Stretching Fuel to the Max | p. 291 |
| From Hard Times to Good Times | p. 296 |
| I Bought a Piper "Pig in a Poke" | p. 300 |
| Within an Inch of a Gear Up Landing | p. 304 |
| Uptight Ferry Flight | p. 308 |
| Why I Went to Work for the FAA | p. 312 |
| Federal Aviation Administration | |
| FAA General Aviation Inspector | |
| Tough Beginning of a New Career | p. 319 |
| Prince of Chiefs | p. 325 |
| Close Encounters of the Jump Zone Kind | p. 330 |
| My First Enforcement Case | p. 333 |
| Personality Clashes | p. 338 |
| "I Suddenly Forgot How to Fly" | p. 343 |
| The Fall of Trans-Air Lines | p. 347 |
| The Church Takes Priority | p. 351 |
| The Smoking Battle | p. 357 |
| A Tale of Two Mysteries | p. 362 |
| The Ultimatum | p. 367 |
| FAA Academy Instructor and Course Developer | |
| Me? ... Teaching College Courses? | p. 375 |
| Blackout | p. 379 |
| My Last First Solo Flight | p. 383 |
| "Study to Show Yourself Approved" | p. 388 |
| Cheated by the Suggestion Awards Program | p. 393 |
| Right on Was Dead Wrong | p. 398 |
| Can't Fly When You Want? ... Fly When You Can | p. 402 |
| The Tables Turn | p. 407 |
| Leaving Was Such Sweet Sorrow | p. 411 |
| FAA Regional Office Aviation Specialist | |
| Welcome to California | p. 417 |
| Write Your Own Ticket | p. 421 |
| Solving Compliance and Enforcement Problems | p. 425 |
| Swap--A Most Controversial Program | p. 431 |
| Simplifying Systems Analysis | p. 436 |
| Living in Pasadena Was a Moving Experience | p. 442 |
| Plane Sense Aircraft Alterations | p. 447 |
| Clarifying Aircraft Maintenance Responsibilities | p. 452 |
| Violation Prevention Program Perishes | p. 457 |
| Persistent Problems with Noncompliance | p. 461 |
| Wrapping Up and Moving on | p. 466 |
| Ontario General Aviation District Office Chief | |
| Problems of a New Gado Chief | p. 473 |
| Stressing an Old Friendship to the Limits | p. 478 |
| Three Unforgettable Ontario Flights | p. 484 |
| From Affluence to Effluence to Paradise | p. 488 |
| San Diego General Aviation District Office Chief | |
| Welcome to America's Finest City | p. 493 |
| Winners Again in Spite of Tragedy | p. 498 |
| The Mystery Airplane of the PSA 182 Crash | p. 503 |
| The Flight of the Terrible Typewriter Tiff | p. 507 |
| Too Much Work and Too Few Workers | p. 511 |
| The Agony of the Spiritual Quest | p. 516 |
| Lost Weekend | p. 522 |
| The Hull Report | p. 527 |
| My Happiest Day in the FAA | p. 533 |
| San Diego Flight Standards District Office Manager | |
| Caught in a Reorganization Dilemma | p. 539 |
| Grounded | p. 543 |
| The Anonymous Whistle Blower | p. 547 |
| Who's in Charge? | p. 551 |
| What Makes a Good Supervisor? | p. 555 |
| Multiple Awards for America's Finest FSDO | p. 559 |
| An Old Pilot's Nightmare | p. 563 |
| Best Way to Beat Burnout | p. 567 |
| Organizational Turmoil | p. 572 |
| Bamboozled into Retiring? | p. 575 |
| The Postflight Years | |
| Blackballed | p. 585 |
| Post Retirement Reflections | p. 590 |
| I Find a New Aviation Career | p. 595 |
| Appendix | |
| Appendix A. | p. 601 |
| Appendix B. | p. 603 |
| Appendix C. | p. 606 |
| Appendix D. | p. 608 |
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