Reno Author Publishes New Book about Airplanes

"If Airplanes Could Talk II," a new book Gus Pappas, has been released by RoseDog Books.

This book is the continuance to the first book written by Gus Pappas, "If Airplanes Could Talk." This was a limited publication of only 300 copies. He also wrote another book, "Why, "which was written after the September 11 attacks on the United States of America, and is still available. He never disclosed his entire experience during his career until now, within the text of this book.

About the Author:

Gus Pappas retired from the air National Guard after serving for thirty-six years, during which time he introduced many of the air technician programs still in use today. After retiring he entered the civilian aviation industry as a flight engineer for Southern Air Transport. He helped to improve their pilot-upgrading program by writing system-knowledge texts and quick reference handbooks of the L-100 and L-382, the civilian versions of the military C-130 airplane. SAT presented Mr. Pappas with a plaque for ten thousand flying hours that would increase his flight time from fifteen to tweny-five thousand hours, not including his time in the DC-8 series airplane commuting from San Francisco to Hong Kong, London, Cairo, Dubai and Zurrick. During this time he also wrote "If Airplanes Could Talk" and "Why?".

"If Airplanes Could Talk II" is a 84-page paperback with a retail price of $20.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-0373-9. It was published by RoseDog Books, an imprint of Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.