William J. Rankin. The book is available through Bookfinder
for $20 at the moment -- other dealers are charging
$32.

At 00:48 18 February 2007, Ralph Jones wrote:
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:18:47 GMT, 'bumper'
wrote:


'Kemp' wrote in message
groups.com...
Today's award recipient for the luckiest person on
earth:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17185299/?GT1=9033

Kemp


Something to remember if you are foolish enough to
get sucked into a CB and
lose your pretty white wings as a result. If you bail
out successfully, it
might be a good idea to wait a while before pulling
the rip cord lest you
continue to go up.

I think a couple of German pilots succumbed that way
early on in soaring's
history.

A Marine pilot named William Rankin spent over half
an hour in a Cb
after punching out of an F8U in 1959. He lived to write
an interesting
book about it called 'The Man Who Rode the Thunder'...I
believe it's
out of print.

rj