Fate is the Hunter

HeffsRah · 11-20-2008, 09:54 PM

Anyone here read it? DF is begging for it for Christmas. Just curious about anyone else's reviews on it. He says all the CA's he's talked to about it have said every pilot MUST read it.

elfygp · 11-20-2008, 10:08 PM

andrew is all about it! i remember him trying to get me to read it even when i'd only just met him a few years ago. he just recently bought like his 5th copy (loses them). it really sounds like a good book i just haven't had time lately.

i was actually planning on reading it next week during the drive out to family visit/thanksgiving dinner. 8 hours each way should be plenty of time ro relax with a good book, right? weird that it came up on here too!

spotty4 · 11-20-2008, 10:26 PM

My husband's read it. It may even be on a shelf somewhere. I'll ask him about it and get his thoughts when he gets home.

amelia · 11-20-2008, 10:27 PM

I have never heard of it, but I just asked my DH about it and he has heard of it and said he heard it was really good. Our best friend read it and loved it. I'm gonna check this out!

katbuad · 11-21-2008, 07:41 AM

Hubby loved it! Gave it away as gifts to some of his flying students when he used to instruct.

BAC · 11-21-2008, 03:19 PM

that is on my boyfriends short list of favorite books. I'm guessing it is worth a read too.

SaraPDX · 11-21-2008, 04:19 PM

Read it, loved it, It is one of the greatest classics writen on the history of aviation. I recommend all flyers and companions pick this one up. Earnest Gann's wonderful autobiography is fantastic, it really tells the story of the pioneers in aviation.
One other book I can recommend is "Flight of passage a memoir", by Rinker Buck. It tells the story of two young boys, one just bearly got his pilot lisence at16 and they decide to rebuild a piper cub and fly cost to cost back in the 60s. The book has been discribed as a cross between "Huckleberry fin and The spirit of St. Louis". One of my favorites!

HeffsRah · 11-21-2008, 07:47 PM

Oooh DF and I both LOVE Flight of Passage!! Good idea to add that one to this thread

well...I ordered Fate is the Hunter from Amazon today for DF for Christmas, hope it arrives!

flygirl813126 · 11-22-2008, 02:24 AM

My dh has read both and really enjoyed them. I hasven't attempted either of them, yet. I have been busy attempting to keep up with my students' reading.

11-20-2008, 09:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
HeffsRah Jetgirls Plus Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Philly, PA Posts: 468 Recipes: Thanks: 31 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Fate is the Hunter Anyone here read it? DF is begging for it for Christmas. Just curious about anyone else's reviews on it. He says all the CA's he's talked to about it have said every pilot MUST read it. __________________ Sarah & Jeffrey (F.O. for PDT in MDT)

11-20-2008, 10:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
elfygp Jetgirls Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Philly Posts: 89 Recipes: Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Fate is the Hunter andrew is all about it! i remember him trying to get me to read it even when i'd only just met him a few years ago. he just recently bought like his 5th copy (loses them). it really sounds like a good book i just haven't had time lately. i was actually planning on reading it next week during the drive out to family visit/thanksgiving dinner. 8 hours each way should be plenty of time ro relax with a good book, right? weird that it came up on here too! __________________ cheers, kate girlfriend of andrew, american eagle fo

11-20-2008, 10:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
spotty4 Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Capital City, USA Posts: 1,237 Recipes: Thanks: 8 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Fate is the Hunter My husband's read it. It may even be on a shelf somewhere. I'll ask him about it and get his thoughts when he gets home. __________________ http://shelleypotts.com Wedding Pictures!

11-20-2008, 10:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
amelia Jetgirls Plus Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 650 Recipes: Thanks: 3 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Fate is the Hunter I have never heard of it, but I just asked my DH about it and he has heard of it and said he heard it was really good. Our best friend read it and loved it. I'm gonna check this out! __________________ Mom to 2 wonderful kids.

11-21-2008, 07:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
katbuad Jetgirls Plus Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville, TN USA Posts: 720 Recipes: Thanks: 11 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Fate is the Hunter Hubby loved it! Gave it away as gifts to some of his flying students when he used to instruct.

11-21-2008, 03:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
BAC Jetgirls Plus Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 956 Recipes: Thanks: 12 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Fate is the Hunter that is on my boyfriends short list of favorite books. I'm guessing it is worth a read too.

11-21-2008, 04:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
SaraPDX Jetgirls Plus Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 30 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Fate is the Hunter Read it, loved it, It is one of the greatest classics writen on the history of aviation. I recommend all flyers and companions pick this one up. Earnest Gann's wonderful autobiography is fantastic, it really tells the story of the pioneers in aviation. One other book I can recommend is "Flight of passage a memoir", by Rinker Buck. It tells the story of two young boys, one just bearly got his pilot lisence at16 and they decide to rebuild a piper cub and fly cost to cost back in the 60s. The book has been discribed as a cross between "Huckleberry fin and The spirit of St. Louis". One of my favorites! __________________ "Well-behaved women seldom make history."

11-21-2008, 07:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
HeffsRah Jetgirls Plus Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Philly, PA Posts: 468 Recipes: Thanks: 31 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Fate is the Hunter Oooh DF and I both LOVE Flight of Passage!! Good idea to add that one to this thread well...I ordered Fate is the Hunter from Amazon today for DF for Christmas, hope it arrives! __________________ Sarah & Jeffrey (F.O. for PDT in MDT)

11-22-2008, 02:24 AM	#9 (permalink)
flygirl813126 Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northwest Suburbs, IL Posts: 783 Recipes: Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Fate is the Hunter My dh has read both and really enjoyed them. I hasven't attempted either of them, yet. I have been busy attempting to keep up with my students' reading.

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