PILOT HERE OR PILE IT THERE
A Memoir
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Pilot Here or Pile It There is an autobiography relating many of Bill’s experiences during 45 years of a widely diversified career as pilot. It also includes a few unusual events or circumstances that Bill encountered as a direct result of being a pilot.
He attained his civilian instructor and instrument ratings in mid 1946, which early on qualified him to engage in almost unlimited piloting endeavors. Considering that his activities as a pilot included; a military career, manager of a civilian flight school and charter service, a non-scheduled air-freight pilot and Civil Air Patrol pilot, some interesting situations were bound to occur. I neglected to mention he was chief pilot in a failed attempt to start a scheduled air shuttle service.
Bill’s one ambition that he never achieved was to be in a combat situation. He received his Army Air Corps pilot wings and commission in June 1944, during WWII at the age of nineteen.
He had two breaks in military service from which he was recalled in August of 1950 for the Korean conflict and again in 1958 prior to
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About The Author
This memoir is Bill's first attempt to have a story published. It was only attempted after some persistent encouragment from an accomplished writer. Bill did his own editing so please bear with him when while you read his book. He had his last English Composition course over sixty years ago. I mention this because I am to highlight his credentials as a writer, of which he emphasizes that he has none! Another disadvantage is that his memoirs are related strictly from memory as he neglected to keep any journals or diaries. He does accentuate the fact that although the situations and events described in his book began over sixty years ago, there are no exaggerations or misleading false descriptions intentionally made. Some of the events may not be in exact chronological order, which is relatively unimportant at this time. One final point; a few names have been changed to avoid any misgivings or embarrassment.