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Subject: China Pilot

Author:
Steven Nicholls

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Date Posted: 19:54:27 04/07/04 Wed

This is a Great Book if there was a book to read this year this is it! I only hope that one day I will be able to put my thoughts down on paper like Felix Smith the author of "China Pilot" where you can smell, taste and feel what it was like to be involved in the Cold War!

A pilot for the China-based airline reputed to be the most shot at in the world, Felix Smith recounts in vivid detail his experiences ferrying troops and equipment for the Nationalists during China's civil war; providing medicine and supplies to war-torn regions; and flying under CIA contract during the French war in Indochina, the Korean War, America's secret war in Laos, and the Vietnam War. The book provides a rare view of the Cold War in Asia, documenting not only the hair-raising adventures of Civil Air Transport's pilots but also those of the men and women behind the scenes.

I was deep behind the Golden Triangle especially in Laos in 1979 looking for pow's some of the photos I took you can see at the Friends of the Four Ships web site.

I highly regard this book as a wonderful contribution of a heart and soul wanting to help a nation in desperate need of help during a time of helplessness.

Steven Nicholls

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