{"product_id":"high-jinks-low-hops-robert-j-hing-9781475295290","title":"High Jinks, Low Hops: A Memoir of Postwar Flying 1950-2007","description":"The conquest of the air took a hundred years. Thanks, Wilbur and Orville! Thanks Bleriot and all the others! Then came the postwar boom, 1946 to 1975 and beyond; and every Tom, Dick and Harry was flying his own airplane. We all were. Aeronca, Beech, Cessna, Ercoupe, Piper, Stinson, Taylorcraft...those were the airplanes people flew. Maybe a couple million people at one time or other in the USA, half of whom actually got some some sort of pilot's license if only student status; as many or more who took a few flips in an airplane. At the peak, there were two or three hundred thousand personal airplanes (something like that), more than 20,000 airports. A critical mass if you like. Gas was cheap; enthusiasm was sky-high. Hing's exuberant memoir of this time tells of his own tiny piece of the action: starting out in England flying the Tiger Moth and Auster, moving to the United States and skylarking in homebuilts, warbirds, gliders, classic airplanes, and floatplanes. \"Light-hearted writing about heavier-than-air adventures.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert J. Hing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1475295294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475295290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.51d","brand":"Robert J. Hing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800273170687,"sku":"9781475295290","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/high-jinks-low-hops-robert-j-hing-9781475295290","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}