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Highlights
- Advance praise for Heart of the Storm ""Col. Ed Fleming tells a story of true heroism about the constant dangers faced by the pilots and crews who fly the most versatile-and vulnerable-aircraft in the skies today.
- About the Author: COL. EDWARD FLEMING served in the Air Force and Air National Guard for three decades as a helicopter rescue pilot.
- 259 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Military
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About the Book
From the "perfect storm" to the South Pole, this stirring true-life adventure story describes the 30-year helicopter-rescue career of Colonel Edward Fleming--a period in which he was responsible for saving 293 people.Book Synopsis
Advance praise for Heart of the Storm ""Col. Ed Fleming tells a story of true heroism about the constant dangers faced by the pilots and crews who fly the most versatile-and vulnerable-aircraft in the skies today.""-John Glenn, former U.S. senator, astronaut, and bestselling author of John Glenn: A Memoir ""To risk your life to save a stranger is the highest mark of a human being. Ed Fleming is such a man, and this book is a great read.""
-Dr. Jerri Nielsen, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Ice Bound ""Filled with suspense and emotion, Heart of the Storm reads like a thriller-but it's all true. Ed Fleming has led a dramatic and interesting life, and this book portrays it in living color.""
-Robert K. Tanenbaum, New York Times bestselling author of Resolved and Absolute Rage
From the Back Cover
Advance praise for Heart of the Storm"Col. Ed Fleming tells a story of true heroism about the constant dangers faced by the pilots and crews who fly the most versatile-and vulnerable-aircraft in the skies today."
-John Glenn, former U.S. senator, astronaut, and bestselling author of John Glenn: A Memoir
"To risk your life to save a stranger is the highest mark of a human being. Ed Fleming is such a man, and this book is a great read."
-Dr. Jerri Nielsen, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Ice Bound
"Filled with suspense and emotion, Heart of the Storm reads like a thriller-but it's all true. Ed Fleming has led a dramatic and interesting life, and this book portrays it in living color."
-Robert K. Tanenbaum, New York Times bestselling author of Resolved and Absolute Rage
Review Quotes
"Adrenaline-charged stories of the author's helicopter rescue career". (Reader's Digest, Editors' Choice, December 2004)
About the Author
COL. EDWARD FLEMING served in the Air Force and Air National Guard for three decades as a helicopter rescue pilot. He was Commander of the 106th Operations Group, 4412th Squadron, in the Persian Gulf and Vice Commander of the 109th Airlift Wing.