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The Long Way Home – Revised Edition
by
Ed Dover
The story of Pan American Airway's
Captain Robert Ford's record-breaking flight around the world following the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, told, for the first time, in a
full-length dramatized narrative that provides details and anecdotes never
before revealed in previous written accounts of the flight.
Ed Dover's background more
than qualifies him to spin this tale of aeronautical adventure. As a Flight
Radio Officer for Pan American Airways between 1942 and 1948, he flew on board
Pan American's Martin M130 and Boeing B314 flying boats. He also worked
as a ground radio operator at Pan Am's radio stations
at Pearl City, Oahu and
In 1992 and 1993 Ed visited
with Captain Robert Ford and obtained several hours of taped interviews. He also met with and interviewed Flight Radio
Officer Eugene Leach. Those interviews, along with Ed’s personal experiences
aboard the clippers, provide the foundation for this detailed account of a
significant event in aviation history.
Ed’s intimate first hand knowledge of what it was like to fly on these
majestic flying boats adds a degree of authenticity that brings a
“you-are-there” experience to the narrative.
This version of one of the most famous flights in aviation history is a
must-have acquisition for the aeronautical library of any serious aviation
history buff, and particularly for those who have had a past connection to the
original but not forgotten Pan American Airways.
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For further information contact: eddover@longwayhome.com.
Copyright
©: 2008. Ed Dover
Revised – 22 March 2009
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