View from the Cockpit

by Len Morgan

View From the Cockpit by Len Morgan. Manhattan, Sunflower University Press, 1985. Paperbound, 8.5 inches tall, 99 pages. The author's introduction ends with "Once I flew copilot for a veteran finishing up his last week of a 37-year airline career. He soloed in the early 1920s, dusted cotton, barnstormed, and flew right seat in Fords with another line before finding a home with us. He was a consummate pilot with 34.000 hours logged without scratching an airplane. He was also a great fellow to fly with. As we took position on the runway and waited, looking down the concrete ahead, I wondered how many times before he had done it. What was he thinking now? I wanted to ask, but didn't. Perhaps he read my ithoughts. 'You know', he said, 'This is just as much fun now as it ever was. Can you understand that.?' I could. These following chapters, then make an indirect attempt at an explanation -- or perhaps a clarification -- of my view from the cockpit." Len Morgan was a long-time Braniff caption and wrote many aviation books and articles.

99 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1985