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The Lima Lima Flight Team Aviation Art is my enduring passion, but flying is also a passion, and air show flying is passion elevated and defined in my flying experience. When I retired from air show flying after 18 years of traveling from coast-to-coast, border-to-border and beyond, I wrote this book to record the history of the world's first 6-ship civilian aerobatic flight team. While the T-34 Mentor was still certified as aerobatic, we developed a routine that rivaled the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds in its formation aerobatic maneuvers. This is the chronicle of how we discovered that the T-34 was a very capable and reliable aerobatic formation airplane, how we organized and promoted a team which was made up of a very diverse group of pilots, and how the team survived personal tragedy and government-imposed restrictions on the T-34. Often, the travel to such destinations as Anchorage, Alaska and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic provided as much adventure as the air shows themselves. The book is 8-1/2" x 11" 80 pages, softcover, and contains over 200 B&W and color photos and illustrations.
The books is available, autographed and personalized for $20, including shipping. I accept checks, money orders, or credit cards via PayPal . Lou Drendel429 Nassau Street S.Venice, FL 34285 (941) 408-5347loudrendel@verizon.net
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