FA: INSIDE THE RENO AIR RACES

INSIDE THE RENO AIR RACES
Gandt, Robert: FLY LOW FLY FLAST: INSIDE THE RENO AIR RACES
New York: Viking, 1999. First edition.

This first-ever insider foray into the world's fastest and most dangerous
aviation sport is as thrilling as Ernest Gann's classic Fate Is the Hunter
or Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff

In Fly Low, Fly Fast, Robert Gandt takes us into the high-risk world of
airplane racing, chronicling the 1997 and 1998 championships at the Reno Air
Races, attended every year by more than 100,000 spectators and featured on
scores of web sites. Flying wingtip to wingtip around pylons at 500 mph,
just feet above the sagebrush, Reno's killing machines are piloted by an
adrenaline-addicted, type-A elite whose big talent and big egos spawn a
hundred stories. With the same vivid reportage of his Bogeys and
Bandits --"about as close as you can get (to the cockpit) without arming the
ejection seat," said the San Diego Union-Tribune--Gandt traces the history
of this exhilarating but often deadly sport. He follows the evolution of
competition planes from the 1930s custom exotics to today's big, throaty
warbirds like the Mustang and Bearcat, still the fastest piston-engine
planes ever built. Gandt also looks at the evolution of the pilots from
famous laconic old-time air cowboys to the younger, slicker hot shots, the
jet-fighter-trained "top guns."

Fly Low, Fly Fast ignites with fierce rivalries, the struggles to keep the
vintage warbirds flying, the heart-stopping drama of the races
themselves...with winners, losers, close calls, spectacular crashes, and
glorious victories. It's a book for aviation buffs, armchair adventurers and
anyone fascinated by the passions that drive men and women to test their
limits--and risk their lives--in the quest for speed.

About the Author
Robert Gandt, a former navy pilot and current Delta Airlines captain, is the
author of Bogeys and Bandits (Viking and Penguin), Sky Gods, and two other
books. He lives in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Very Good with Near Fine jacket. Book cocked, very lightly worn.

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