| Description |
337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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A Meadowlark Book
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Kansas Notable Book ; 2020.
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| Summary |
"When World War II makes her way to southwest Kansas, Edna Bell-Pearson's life is forever changed. After meeting the man who is to become her husband--a pilot stationed in her hometown of Liberal--Edna moves to the opposite corner of the state. She is instrumental in starting what will become the Marysville Municipal Airport. Edna's story, taking place over the course of five short years, tells of Ungerer Flying Service, a family-built and operated business. As the business is born, Edna learns to appreciate the importance of the little things--hunting and fishing trips, a good housekeeper, and crisp, autumnal days without wind."--Amazon.com |
| Contents |
Introduction -- World War II -- The air base -- War days -- After training -- The old man -- The B-29 -- B-29 training -- Little boy and fat man -- Mustering out -- Getting started -- Hunting season -- Frederick -- The CAA -- Ungerer Flying Service -- The blue bird -- Doctor Randall buys a plane -- Irish McCalla and noodling -- GI training, KAW, and Marysville Municipal Airport -- Jim returns -- Mrs. Zabronski -- Mrs. Jones -- The Ace -- I learned about flying from that -- A Bohemian Dance -- Marysville and the National Airport Plan -- Christmas -- 1947: A New Year -- Coyote hunting -- Flying in winter and Jim's romance -- A blue bird in an oak tree -- Flight breakfasts -- Mother nature versus Ungerere Flying Service -- Bookwork -- The advent of summer -- Disaster strikes -- A day of leisure -- Wheat harvest -- Lake McConaughy -- A wedding announcement -- Moving ahead -- Jim takes his flight check -- Wedding -- Happy Holidays -- New Year's Eve -- Year three -- A flight through a now storm -- Student antics -- The Cessna 170 -- A little R & R -- It's later than you think -- Farewell to Blackie -- Construction begins -- Bad Medicine Lake -- Plane crash -- Revovery, or not -- An emergency flight -- Transition -- 1949, year four -- Marysville's Municipal Airport -- Spring -- Rethinking -- Business, as usual -- Deer hunting -- A decision -- Goodbye -- The Flying Ungerers, Jim and Frederick -- Living off the land -- Marysville Municipal Airport today -- Chapter notes -- Acknowledgments -- About the author. |
| Awards |
Kansas Notable Book, 2020. |
| Source |
WtrMrk 09.2020 PARS |
| Subject |
Bell-Pearson, Edna.
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Ungerer Flying Service (Marrysville, Kan.)
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Private flying -- Kansas -- Marysville.
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Hunting.
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Hunting. (OCoLC)fst00964162
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Private flying. (OCoLC)fst01077482
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Kansas -- Marysville.
(OCoLC)fst01219377
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| ISBN |
9781732241060 |
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1732241066 |
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