Fly Fast...Sin Boldly: Flying, Spying & Surviving - Hardcover

Lear, William P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 158497009X ISBN 13: 9781584970095

Publisher: Addax Publishing Group. Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Lear. Unmistakably one of the most famous family names in the history of aviation. Now Bill Lear, Jr., son of Lear Jet creator William P. Lear, Sr., presents his amazing life story in FLY FAST ... SIN BOLDLY. Bill's memoir is an incredible tale of life-long risks as an aviator and daredevil in what has recently become one of the fastest growing spectator events in the world, air racing. Bill still holds the record as the youngest (age 17) pilot ever to have flown the famous WWII Lockheed P-38 fighter. He was an innovator and performer at airshows throughout the country performing low-level aerobatics. His story includes military heroics, a mid-air collision and an incredible bailout, to tales of the development of the Learjet, the LearFan, and dangerous undercover cloak-and-dagger assignments on behalf of his country. In the forward, former Lockheed Chief Experimental Test Pilot Tony Levier, calls Bill's experiences "A life on the edge." FLY FAST ... SIN BOLDLY is a classic for aviators and non-aviators alike. According to Bill, "I owe it all to great genes, an innate ability to fly airplanes, lotsa great wives (some of whom were mine), a fabulous wife (my present and LAST one), many, many incredible friends, and infallible memory, my constant companion Pierre Smirnoff, and lastly my dear departed Daddy who made many things possible for us all."

Edition details

• Publisher: Addax Publishing Group. Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 158497009X
• ISBN 13: 9781584970095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 475