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(More customer reviews)Kenneth Chastain's "Winged History" is far more than the title might lead you to believe. Although it is a very good history of aircraft from early wood/fabric, small horsepower biplanes to the advancements of the Boeing 707 jetliner, it is not told from a "technical" point-of-view, but rather the more "human" side of aviation. The author grew up around airplanes, but did not have a passion for flying like his father did. Even after the death of his mother when he was quite young, the pilot's son was never able to connect with his emotionally distant, frequently absent pilot-father until the last years of his father's life. It's a poignant story about a son re-connecting with his father, an aviator, and how their personal history is inextricably interwoven with the history of aviation.
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Winged History: The Life and Times of Kenneth L. Chastain, Aviator, is the story of how a father and son traveled different roads in life, but ended up in remarkably the same place. Kenneth L. Chastain, Jr. lovingly recorded the story of his father's remarkable life during Kenneth Sr.'s final years, with the end result being this touching story that is Winged History.This story traces the life experiences of an American pilot over 37 years, chronicalling milestones in piloting aircraft such as early wood and fabric planes, small horsepower biplanes, WWII aircraft, to the Boeing 707 jetliner.Winged History is a must read for military or aviation buffs, as well as anyone interested in 20th century American aviation history.
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