Who did Ernest Gann fly for?

[Flyingdutchman]

I bought it at a small FBO in the middle of freaking NE last year.. For 15 bucks..

 

[norskman2]

Does anybody have a good source for Gann's books these days? It seems like you can find Fate is The Hunter anywhere, but the others are all pretty hard to come by.

Try Half.com

 

[some_dude]

"A Hostage to Fortune" was out of print for many years, but I've seen a reprints recently in aviation bookstores. I assume you could find the reprints on Amazon or somewhere.

Does anybody have a good source for Gann's books these days? It seems like you can find Fate is The Hunter anywhere, but the others are all pretty hard to come by.

 

[AAflyer]

Gann flew for TransOcean. The reason they were used in the High and the Mighty as well as Island in the Sky was that Ernie Gann had worked for them after Matson Air was shut down by the government at Pan Am's demand.

Gann had left AA along with Sloniger (AA senority #1) to fly for Matson from Oakland to Hawaii. When Matson shut down Gann got hired by Orvis Nelson (who had resigned from United) When William Wellman (director of both movies) hired Gann as screenwriter Gann got Transocean involved.

AAflyer

 

[PolarTwins55]

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