To be honest, “Fifty Classic Destinations for Pilots,” reads a bit like a guilty pleasure. I felt like I was reading author Ney Grant’s personal journal. I can’t describe Ney’s book better than he did in his letter to me, “What is so special about it ? It represents what we need more of in our industry… reasons to fly, places to dream of, real adventure.”
The book focuses on the Western U.S. with entries from Tuolumne River, Lake Pillsbury, Trinity Alps and Trinity Lake, Ensenada, Baja California and dozens more (See photos below)
Fifty Classic Destinations for Pilots is $49.95 and is available at Net’s website, FiftyClassics.com.
I would love to just name some of the many wonderful flights and destinations here along the East Coast if I may:
Beginning with the Acadia National Park and Swans Island, Maine,
THE HUDSON RIVER CORRIDOR, NEW YORK, for the pure shock and awe of MANHATTEN,
Newport, Rhode Island, for the Jazz Festival and the Baronial Mansions,
Martha’s Vineyard, to hob-nob with the celebrities,
Nantucket, for the peace and serenity,
Atlantic City, New Jersey, for Bader Field and Black Jack,
Cape May, New Jersey for just caught 5 pound lobsters,
Ocean City, Maryland, for the beach and bikinis,
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Airport, Maryland, for steamed crabs,
Tangier Island, Virginia, for a trip back in time,
North Myrtle Beach, Carolina for Southern Hospitality,
All of Florida for pure sunshine, golf and pleasure:
Amelia Island, St. Augustine, Ormond Beach for the real Dover Sole at Cafe Crepe en Haute, Daytona for the 500 races, Spruce Creek Fly-In for everything aviation and fellowship, Orlando with the kids for Disney World, Lake Wales for the sod air strip to Chalet Suzanne, Sebring for the races and sheer nostalgia of Hendricks Field where I was stationed in WWll, Palm Beach for the elegant New England Grand Dames “down for the season” at the celebrated Breakers Hotel, the rustic Cedar Key, Sanibel and Captiva Islands on the Gulf of Mexico, the grandeur of Naples and Marco Island and any of the mystical Keys from Key Largo to Key West.
And none of this even begins to describe our many lovely and easily accessible resorts of The Bahama Islands, Nassau on New Providence Island and the entire magnificant Caribbean.
You must come and visit!
Hi Bill,
I’m the author of west coast Fifty Classics. If you don’t mind I included your list on my website as east coast classics as a blog post and I attributed it to you. Now if I just had the 15 years to explore and write a book like I did with this one!
Thanks, Ney
Love to get your book.