Stephen Coonts
Stephen Coonts
Stephen Coontsis an American thriller and suspense novelist...
real character people
The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real people, how to properly pace a story, how to develop interesting characters.
sex flying aviation
Flying is like sex - I've never had all I wanted but occasionally I've had all I could stand.
airplane reality safety
The hard, inescapable reality is that anyone who flies may die in an airplane.
earth care littles
Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground.
running hard-work thinking
This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it's your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it's how well you know and understand your aircraft and your own limitations. Luck is the sum total of your of abilities as an aviator. If you think your luck is running low, you'd better get busy & make some more. Work harder, pay more attention. Do better preflights.
age information irony
The irony of the information age is that it lends credibility to uninformed opinion.
adventure flying dawn
All really great flying adventures begin at dawn.
mistake pilots aviation
Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.
emotional promise dreamer
Here above the farms and ranches of the Great Plains aviation lives up to the promise that inspired dreamers through the ages. Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground. This separation from the earth is more than symbolic, more than a physical removal-it has an emotional dimension as tangible as the wood, fabric, and steel that has transported you aloft.