A Hint Of Truth

About the Book

Anyone who has piloted an airplane can relate to some of my experiences. If not, you should still enjoy some of the humorous stories. For example; One day, the pilot of a single engine Piper Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a McDonald Douglas MD-80 landed. The MD-80 landed, rolled out, turned around and taxied back past the Cherokee. Then I heard some quick-witted comedian in the MD-80 crew get on the radio and said, What a cute little plane ! Did you make it all by yourself ? Our hero, the Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with, "I made it out of MD-80 parts. Another landing like that, and I'll have enough parts for another one".

This book gives you a look into the real world of flying, for a livelihood and some of the funny and sad things that happen in the world of aviation.

About the Author

Mike Kuli holds an Airline Transport Pilot Rating, and is a Flight Instructor for Multi-engine and Instruments along with numerous Type Ratings. Mike merged his airline (Escort Air) a 121 carrier with (Midwest Air Charter) and then was bought out by Airborne Express in 1974. Mike held such positions as Jet Captain, Chief Pilot, Director of Operations, Vice President of Business Development and as President of Abx Cargo Services, Inc. Along the way of his aviation career he has become an Inventor, Entrepreneur, Executive, and was a Veteran of the Cuban Crisis and Vietnam War. After retirement in 2004, and having 45 years in aviation I decided to write a book for my Granddaughters so they could catch a small glimpse of their Grandpa's life as a young aviator. Mike still enjoys building Street Rods and riding his Boss Hoss motorcycle. He lives in Ohio with his wife Carolyn and stays quite busy with several business he's involved with.