Zero 3 Bravo: Solo Across America in a Small Plane |  | Author: Mariana Gosnell
Publisher: Touchstone
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0671892088
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.304929
EAN: 9780671892081
ASIN: 0671892088
Publication Date: July 21, 1994
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Mariana Gosnell takes the reader along on her extraordinary voyage across the U.S. in her single-engine Luscombe Silvaire, Zero Three Bravo. Enticed by the ribbon of sky that she could see from her Manhattan office window, she took a leave of absence from her job and made a three-month solo flight, navigating by use of landmarks and landing in America's little-known, back-country airports. She traveled south from her home airport of Spring Valley, New York, down to North Carolina and Georgia, west across Texas to Los Angeles and north to San Francisco, and then east over the Rockies, the plains, and the farms of the Midwest until she was back home.What results is a lyrical description of land, sky, and water interwoven with experiences among small-town folks, maverick crop-dusters, banner towers, mechanics, and airport loiterers. With each landing there is a story to be told: the deaf-mute pilot who grounded himself until the eggs in the bird's nest lodged in his plane's engine had hatched, the woman running an airport by herself after losing both her husband and son to flying accidents, and the pilots and "hangar bums" who tried to hide their surprise when they saw a woman pilot flying cross-country solo. This true story -- including photos taken on the trip -- will make the confirmed urban dweller yearn for open spaces and the adventurous life.
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 wonderful yarn about flying across the United States January 6, 2003
Daniel Ford (at danford dot net)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
The Luscombe isn't my favorite lightplane, but it is Gosnell's, and she writes about it with such affection that I'd like to fly one. The trip evidently takes place in the late 1970s, because Jimmy Carter is president. (She visits Plains GA and the largest peanut-butter factory in the world.) Gosnell is a journalist, so she goes out of her way to visit unlikely places and meet interesting people. (Among them is the crew of the man-powered Gossamer Condor, whose record-breaking flight she is on hand to document.) I feel sorry for the lad who quit reading on page 10. He missed a wonderful yarn, and one that deserves a place on the bookshelf of any lightplane pilot. -- Dan Ford
Keen view of an often overlooked world July 4, 2001
Neil Harmon (North Chelmsford, MA USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Ms. Gosnell offers us a wonderful extended visit with the great variety and unique personalities that populate the small general aviation airports of America. As a pilot who usually flies at bigger, less personal airports; I'm reminded of my experiences at the smaller fields I've visited where love of flying is more important than profit and people are truly unique. While the flying descriptions are well done and accurate, this book is really about the journey and the people and events encountered along the way. The book is for everyone, not just pilots. I'm going to pull out my charts and re-visit some of those small fields I usually just fly over!
Lovely exposition November 12, 2002
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The author presents us with a lovely world of flying from place to place in her airplane. The anecdotes are well-limned, the sentiments carefully expressed, the philosophies true.The style is informative and recreational and always engaging.
Exciting way to see the country. November 15, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
With my AOPA Airport guide with me when I read, I kept track of where she flew each step of the way. Being a female pilot myself, I understood her feelings along the way. I hated to finish the book and end the wonderful experience. A trip I hope to make someday.
Great writing! June 16, 2005
John Speer (Seattle, WA United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book was a good choice to read after recently finishing "Crazy in the Cockpit." I confess I skipped/skimmed through the more technical aviation-related sections, concentrating on the travel narrative aspect. Makes for good bedside reading.
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