{"product_id":"flight-lines-assorted-lies-recollections-and-war-stories-9781525500107","title":"Flight Lines: Assorted lies, recollections and war stories","description":"Almost forty years of professional flying in more than a dozen aircraft types-from supersonic RCAF jet fighters to helicopters to B747s-along with summer flying training while attending The Royal Military College of Canada, a solid career on the flight decks of a fleet of Air Canada aircraft, RCAF\/Government VIP Challenger flights transporting heads of state and royal houses, and a career finishing in the left seat of the Boeing 767 comprise the high-flying highlights of retired Captain A. Kent Smerdon's career as a pilot. And it makes for a fascinating read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, find a highly personal collection of airborne war stories that capture the experience of a career spent on many different kinds of wings. Flight Lines: Assorted Lies, Recollections, and War Stories is fast-paced and delightfully studded with personal touches, high drama, and thundering humour. Readers are treated to the inside experiences of a flying man, complete with intimate insights, technical asides and a steady current of entertaining stories about the enduringly compelling adventures of a full-throttle life airborne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmerdon, Captain a. Kent:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kent Smerdon has always enjoyed a good story-as much in the hearing as in the telling. His thirty-seven year career in aviation along with offerings from his father, a WWII veteran pilot and his own fellow pilots provided fertile ground for all manner of high-flying yarns. Encouraged by colleagues, friends and family, he decided retirement offered the perfect opportunity to share them.\u003cbr\u003eKent is happily preoccupied by a new life filled with the duties of a grandparent and other distractions in the home he shares with his wife, Liz, in Barrie, ON....","brand":"FriesenPress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626611216658,"sku":"9781525500107","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_675a4948-c997-4bb6-b6a9-d8de17974a64.jpg?v=1732662897","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/flight-lines-assorted-lies-recollections-and-war-stories-9781525500107","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}