Where Do I Find A Copy Of

[John_in_Longview]

Finished the book last night. (My wife married a reader who is at least fast enough that she won't be making calls to Mr. Ross. )

I have a question for the pilots in the group, but I am going to put in a spoiler tag so those who haven't read the book won't have part of the story revealed.

[spoiler]Henry Bowman puts the plain on autopilot and goes to sleep for 8 hours when he flies west to meet up with Allen Kane. Would a pilot actually do that on purpose?[/spoiler]


Second, non-pilot question, also in spoiler tags.
[spoiler]Who was the woman in the double wide that Allen Kane killed at the end? Was she the person "Mr Jones" (Ray) told the President was going to have to die as part of the deal? (Was it H.R.C ?)[/spoiler]

[Termite]

Henry Bowman puts the plain on autopilot and goes to sleep for 8 hours when he flies west to meet up with Allen Kane. Would a pilot actually do that on purpose?

Possible? Yes.
Probable? Hell no.
And 8 hrs is a long fuel endurance time for most general aviation aircraft. What type of plane was it?

[Netpackrat]

The throttle lever goes both ways. Most people cruise at about 75% power, which is a compromise between endurance and speed. If you want max endurance, you can throttle back. Since drag goes up as a square of speed, you can go farther by going slower for a given amount of fuel.

And normally, you wouldn't set the autopilot and just go to sleep. But, I could see where somebody who had been up all night, killing federal agents might need some beauty sleep, so he'd appear rested when seen with his friends the next day, as though he'd been with them all along.

Edit to add: For some perspective, go to the thread about lottery winnings, and read the posts where we are talking about high performance airplanes. Take note of the great gobs of additional power required to achieve relatively minor increases of speed. That's additional fuel burn being used to overcome rapidly increasing drag. When you take into account extra fuel stops, particularly when you cannot afford to be seen doing it, going slower to go farther makes sense. And IIRC, the airplane in the book was a 172 or something like that. That's a high drag aircraft with relatively low power, of 150hp or less.

[Termite]

And IIRC, the airplane in the book was a 172 or something like that. That's a high drag aircraft with relatively low power, of 150hp or less.

That was kind of my point. Even at 55% power, you are looking at about 6.5-7 hrs of fuel in a 172R; even less in earlier models, unless the plane had some extended range tanks added.

[Netpackrat]

The bigger fuel tanks were a factory option, and the earlier models with the straight tail are generally considered to be superior.

[HTRN]

I'm honestly surprised Ross hasn't done an ebook edition through Amazon - he doesn't need a publisher to do that does he? Also, because it's digital, It wouldn't have the costs of traditional books - printing, shipping, storage, etc. that influence whether a book gets printed.

[scipioafricanus]

Second, non-pilot question, also in spoiler tags.
[spoiler]Who was the woman in the double wide that Allen Kane killed at the end? Was she the person "Mr Jones" (Ray) told the President was going to have to die as part of the deal? (Was it H.R.C ?)[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I asked that before and was told it is supposed to be Janet Reno.[/spoiler]

[HTRN]

Ah. That explains why.

[Greg]

I'm honestly surprised Ross hasn't done an ebook edition through Amazon - he doesn't need a publisher to do that does he? Also, because it's digital, It wouldn't have the costs of traditional books - printing, shipping, storage, etc. that influence whether a book gets printed.

IT's a rights issue. He's waiting for the rights to revert to him.

Weird situation. Aren't publishers supposed to want to make money, by means of publishing things?

[Netpackrat]

Every time this subject comes up, I grow more aggravated that the copy I had loaned out, never came back. I suspect that the guy's parents probably tossed it, and it's in a landfill someplace.