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  1. Bob Parks

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    #1 Bob Parks, Nov 22, 2014
    I checked Amazon a minute ago and the book is already on line and open for orders. At a discount. These guys are better then Speedy Gonzales.
     
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    #3 Dogdish, Nov 23, 2014
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    Bob,

    Bought one! Thank you for writing it. I have a stack of books that are in line to be read, this will go to the top. Really looking forward to reading it.

    Bill
     
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    #4 redhead, Nov 23, 2014
    Just ordered as well. Flying to London on Tuesday, so no need to stop by the bookstore now! Of course, on 777....
     
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    #5 sparky p-51, Nov 23, 2014
    Just ordered mine. Thanks for the heads up Bob.
     
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    #6 teak360, Nov 24, 2014
    Just ordered mine. After I read it I'm going to wrap it and give it to my wife for Christmas. I figure that will be better than jewelry...
     
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    #7 davebdave, Nov 25, 2014
    Ordered, can't wait to read it.
     
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    #8 FarmerDave, Nov 25, 2014
    Ordered for next day delivery, so I have something to read over the Thanksgiving holiday! :)
     
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    #9 nathandarby67, Nov 25, 2014
    Got mine ordered! Thanks again Bob!
     
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    #10 Crawler, Nov 25, 2014
    I guess mine makes eight. Can't wait to read it!
     
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    #11 FarmerDave, Nov 26, 2014
    Amazon tells me that my copy is sitting on my front porch right now. Looking forward to getting my hands on it!
     
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    #12 Tcar, Nov 26, 2014
    Drone delivery?????
     
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    #13 FarmerDave, Nov 26, 2014
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    No but I'm sure it rode several planes to get here!

    Nice hefty size, large print, quality printing, nice job Bob!

    (Forgive the poor pic quality, camera phone lens broken, havent taken time to file warranty claim.)
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  14. Bob Parks

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    #14 Bob Parks, Nov 26, 2014
    Thank you. I hope that you and everyone else enjoy it. I'm holding my breath.
     
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    #15 FarmerDave, Nov 26, 2014
    Please Breathe! :D

    I stole a few minutes after work to read a few pages of the introduction before putting on my dungarees and go work in the shop to take advantage of the warm weather this afternoon. Very easy read, I will probably be through it by the weekend.
     
  16. Bob Parks

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    #16 Bob Parks, Nov 27, 2014
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    Thanks. I think that I posted before that the book has a lot of works that were in color. We wanted to do it in color but the book price would have been out of reach. So, if you want to see what some of them look like in color you can go to ParkzArt.
     
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    #17 FarmerDave, Nov 28, 2014
    Bob, I am happy to report that I am halfway through the book, you can rest easy about the choice to print in black and white. Your storytelling is painting full-color and vivid pictures in my mind.
     
  18. Bob Parks

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    #18 Bob Parks, Nov 28, 2014
    Thank you very much. I just received my big box of books this evening, 1 week early. I will start signing tomorrow and mail most of them Monday, Dec. 1 or Tuesday. I found a couple of little glitches but that's the way it goes.
     
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    #19 davebdave, Nov 29, 2014
    Bob, I've read Chapter One and I'm hooked. I Really enjoy your writing style.

    Dave
     
  20. Bob Parks

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    #20 Bob Parks, Nov 29, 2014
    Thank you. I have had one criticism so far, from an older male who, even though he is a retired hydraulics engineer, said that the book got too technical and hard for him to comprehend in the last half. I was afraid of that because it is pretty heavy into the 707, 727 and 747.
     
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    #21 Spasso, Nov 29, 2014
    Tell him to Google the parts that he doesn't understand. That's part of the fun of it.;)
     
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    #22 nathandarby67, Nov 29, 2014
    Meat and cheese tray...check
    Loyal hounds...check
    College football on the tv...check
    Good book...check

    Should be a successful evening!

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    #23 alexm, Nov 29, 2014
    In the aviation threads I find the need to search for terms/planes/acronyms regularly .. all an enjoyable part of it to look it up and learn new (to me) stuff and I'm glad it is that way.
     
  24. Bob Parks

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    #24 Bob Parks, Nov 29, 2014
    I honestly feel a bit bad that I didn't think of putting a glossary at the end of the text to describe some of the terms or to use familiar language in the text. Perhaps I should do a companion to flesh out some of the technical stuff. It's not technical to some of us, especially to those who have indulged in the av-business. My mistake but it was a huge part of my life.
     
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    #25 tazandjan, Nov 29, 2014
    Bob- Got home tonight, so will order one tomorrow.

    All us aviators are horrible about acronyms, but that is the way we lived. Not enough time to spit out all those words. Besides which, we used a bunch even we did not know what they actually represented.
     
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