The lost aviator

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Captain Robert N. Buck retired from TWA after having flown well over two thousand Atlantic crossings and thirty-seven years of service as chief pilot and director of thunderstorm research. During World War II he was engaged in weather research for the U.S. Air Corps, for which he was awarded, as a civilian, the Air Medal by President Harry Truman. More recently, Buck has worked with the International Civil Aviation Organization -- the UN's body for aviation -- to develop a new plan of world airspace.  In  North Star over My Shoulder,  Bob Buck tells of a life spent up and over the clouds, and of the wonderful places and marvelous people who have been a part of that life. He captures the feel, taste, and smell of flying's great early era -- how the people lived, what they did and felt, and what it was really like to be a part of the world as it grew smaller and smaller. A terrific storyteller and a fascinating man, Bob Buck has turned his well-lived life into a delight...

"It seems like every time I read an aviation safety-related research study there is a ubiquitous statistic that always grabs my attention. I am referring to the “70%-80% of airplane accidents are attributable to human error” statistic. This stat grabs my attention not because of its seemingly high estimate; in fact, it surprises me that it is unrealistically low..." https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rethinking-human-error-statistics-aircraft-accidents-baron-ph-d-1?trk=v-feed&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BUQgSzvwIcjhsUKe1%2Fbkl7g%3D%3D