by Words on Wings Press | Nov 9, 2015 | RAF Ferry Command
On Monday, November 9, 2015, the following media release started going out world-wide to aviation publications, aviation museums, aviation editors in print and electronic media, world governments and their national defence departments as well as the public relations...
by Words on Wings Press | Aug 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
This thrilling aviation classic by Captain Don McVicar has just been published as a trade paperback under the imprint of Words on Wings Press. South Atlantic Safari is the companion volume to Ferry Command Pilot, which came out on June 21, 2015 to commemorate what...
by Words on Wings Press | Jul 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Although the Twentieth Century was crammed with rapid technological advances, in my opinion, aviation holds top honors. Think of it: from the Wright brothers’ wobbly kite managing a few feet in the first decade, to a moon landing in 1969? Dad earned his private...
by Words on Wings Press | Jun 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
If ever there were a milestone in the process we call “growing up,” I believe it’s when we can see our parents through the eyes of an adult— an empathetic adult, hopefully. If your childhood has been difficult at times, and you are still nurturing the wounds you...
by Words on Wings Press | Jun 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Finding a place to begin is the most difficult part. So, in my mind’s eye, I see a tall boy, good-looking and lean, hearing an unfamiliar sound in the sky, shading his eyes against the glare of the Alberta sun as he glimpsed a flying machine for the first time. His...