The Airplanes
One of Duncan Hunter's most amazing talents, right behind uncovering the deepest of the undercover spies and driving Nazy Cunningham wild, is his uncanny ability to stumble upon rare aircraft or airplanes that have been lost to history. Often these are one-off designs or "special purpose" aircraft, such as a Bugatti racer that was designed for an "across Europe" race in the 1930s. I read recently this lost Bugatti racer will actually take to the skies in the very near future.
In my fourth book, another 1930s-era aviation race sets the plot for the remaining novel.
Why bother? For starters, Duncan Hunter's YO-3A almost never got built. Like countless other interesting and fantastic designs that never made the leap off the drawing board to the runway, I think these historically-significant airplanes should be part of the discussion. When I flew a jet, I rarely had time to think about the aircraft that had come before mine or the pilots who braved the elements to advance the fledgling aviation industry, one airplane at a time.
So expect to see more unusual or rare aircraft when Duncan Hunter least expects to find a lost aviation treasure.
Maverick out!
One of Duncan Hunter's most amazing talents, right behind uncovering the deepest of the undercover spies and driving Nazy Cunningham wild, is his uncanny ability to stumble upon rare aircraft or airplanes that have been lost to history. Often these are one-off designs or "special purpose" aircraft, such as a Bugatti racer that was designed for an "across Europe" race in the 1930s. I read recently this lost Bugatti racer will actually take to the skies in the very near future.
In my fourth book, another 1930s-era aviation race sets the plot for the remaining novel.
Why bother? For starters, Duncan Hunter's YO-3A almost never got built. Like countless other interesting and fantastic designs that never made the leap off the drawing board to the runway, I think these historically-significant airplanes should be part of the discussion. When I flew a jet, I rarely had time to think about the aircraft that had come before mine or the pilots who braved the elements to advance the fledgling aviation industry, one airplane at a time.
So expect to see more unusual or rare aircraft when Duncan Hunter least expects to find a lost aviation treasure.
Maverick out!
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