a good way to do plenty of both yet without winning the lottery!
Why do a book about avi- ation emergencies? When you read about
fl ight accidents, you fi nd there is often a chain of bad decisions leading up to the emergency. If a different decision was made at just one of those points, the out- come may have been better. Thinking about this, I also recalled a series of books I read when I was a child called “Choose Your Own Ad- venture.” You as the reader are the main character and make decisions in the story that change the plot. I didn’t know of any application of this interactive fi ction format to teach aviation decision- making. I fi gured if it was a complete failure, then at least I wouldn’t regret not
giving my idea a try. So, I studied book publishing, de- sign, typesetting, and wrote, illustrated, designed, and published the book myself.
Any plans for another book? The process was a lot of
work but fun and reward- ing, so why not? I have a few ideas for other books. I don’t know if it would be a sequel or something differ- ent entirely, but I’ve always enjoyed writing and now I have the knowledge to pub- lish too. I’ve also done free- lance work for other aviation authors using the skills I’ve learned with my book.
Have you experienced an aviation emergency? Other than simulated emergencies during lessons, thankfully, no! There are a few stories in my book that
were inspired by real events that could have been much worse. I exaggerated some circumstances, added some drama and bad decision op- tions to create the interac-
tive/instructional story. Oth- er stories I created around specifi c aviation concepts or pitfalls that are common in aviation emergencies.
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