LYRICAL AVIATORS, Traveling America's Airways in a Small Plane by Sandra McClinton

LYRICAL AVIATORS is a travelogue about the adventures of flying to exotic places in a jet-setting Cessna. Sandra, a former sailplane pilot, and her husband Chuck, who is instrument rated, fly over 300,000 miles in their Cessna Cutlass. Sandra was in the Hampton Roads Chapter of The 99s, secretary of the Williamsburg Chapter of the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society and a member of the Poetry Society of Virginia.

Soar with the couple as they: fly along the corridors of the Grand Canyon, circle the volcanic crater of Mt. St. Helens, experience bush pilot flying in the passes of Alaska, traverse the Bermuda Triangle traveling to the Bahamas and island hop over the beautiful turquoise waters of the Caribbean.

Aviation history is interwoven with tales of pioneer and celebrity pilots with an emphasis on women in aviation. "..Sandra McClinton uses delightful imagery and powerful storytelling to celebrate aviation," says Patty Wagstaff, three-time U.S. National Aerobatic Champion. Col. Charles McGee, a spokesman for the Tuskegee Airman, says, "...skillfully highlights aviation history... Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert and the Tuskegee Airmen break racial barriers over the skies of Europe and change attitudes in America." Burt Rutan, renowned aircraft designer and inventor says that "McClinton relates little known facts about pioneer pilots and inventors."

Published:	Whistling Swan Press - 2000
Price:	$22.95
ISBN:	0-9659300-0-9
	Hardbound, 221 pages 6 x 9 photographs and index
This book can be purchased from:	Whistling Swan Press - 877-278-0269 www.whistlingswanpress.com