Air Vagabonds : Oceans, Airmen, and a Quest for Adventure

Acknowledgments ix List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xi Introduction xiii Encounter with Fate 1(9) The Call of Adventure 10(9) Earning My Wings . . . across the Pacific 19(16) The Route to Singapore 35(18) Teaching the Ropes 53(12) The North Atlantic 65(14) Land of the Midnight Sun 79(18) A Ship without a Rudder 97(16) Into the Revolution 113(19) A Strange Coincidence 132(13) The Making of a Guru 145(15) An Albatross to the Far East 160(24) Escape 184(15) The Dark Continent 199(21) Adrift in the Kingdom 220(18) The Boom Years 238(22) Farewell from the Hereafter 260(12) Merchants of Counterinsurgency 272(14) Return of the Fold 286