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Hi Guys,

 

I am newish to this forum and hope this is the correct place to post.

 

I was hopeing that somebody may be able to recommend a good aviation based novel? I am not a great reader and tend to read fairly slowly so nothing really, really heavy.

 

I have read quite a few pilot autobiographies but quite fancy a fictional novel - any suggestions would be great, I sometimes work away so may not be able to reply back straight away.

 

Many thanks

 

Gav :)

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How about Airframe by Michael Crichton?

 

From the back of the book:

 

"Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane...

 

At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner bound from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation.

 

Airframe is nonstop reading: the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and information on a subject of compelling interest that has been a Crichton landmark since The Andromeda Strain.

 

'A first rate thriller'

Sunday Times"

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You might try Ascent by Jed Mercurio. It's the story of a Soviet fighter pilot in the Korean War, who goes on to be selected as a cosmonaut in the USSR's space programme. It's got one of the most haunting endings I've ever read.

 

Or you could try Biggles ....:)

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