Born To Live On The Edge - Fredrick Pumroy

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Résumé :
From Indiana farm boy to Vietnam fighter pilot and beyond, Fredrick L. Pumroy often seemed to live on the edge. Stories about his narrow escapes from enemy anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail and dances with death in all manner of aircraft make for very entertaining reading in his cleanly written memoir,?Born to Live on The Edge. This one hundred-page book is a must-read for pilots-or for anyone who dreams of becoming one. Such readers will sigh with envy to read of a gift the eight-year-old Pumroy received from his father: a small, one-seat plane that the boy and his father flew around in over the family farm until his father was forced to sell the plane. A high school jock who also played sports in college, Pumroy joined the Air Force with every intention of becoming a fighter pilot. It was on his first mission as a Forward Air Controller that reality overcame dreams of glory: I hadn't been shot at before and I didn't like it, he remembers, adding that over a two-month period his aircraft took 309 bullet holes. The section on Vietnam, Loas and Cambodia is among the more exciting and best-written in this short memoir. There are chapters on flying all types of aircraft-military and civilian, commercial and private-and none are dull. While he always thanked the Lord for keeping him alive through the dangers he faced, after one near-fatal incident the veteran pilot says he began to wonder just how many more fixes God would get me out of. The book is written in a clean and crisp manner, and it is illustrated with photos taken by the author, some while flying over hostile territory. There are stories about drinking games and boyish pranks that pilots in a war zone partake in to cope with stress, and there are little asides about friends, comrades, and some top brass Pumroy met during his flying years. All of these people and events are related in a straightforward style that is honest without being cloyingly personal. As with many people in hazardous jobs, not every day in Pumroy's life was dangerous, exciting, or particularly interesting. The chapters about his farm and school days, his time flying a desk, and his post-Air Force career as a technical consultant may be of most interest to friends and family, or to other once-dashing flyboys whose days of danger and glory are long gone. From the death-defying to the mundane, Pumroy kindly shares his memories with readers. ...

Biographie:
Professional Background: Completed over 20 years of Air Force service and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel with Command Pilot designation.? Elected to Fairborn City Council for 8 years and Deputy Mayor for 2 years. Past President of the Military Officers Association of America, Fairborn Lions Club, and Electrical Engineering Management Group.? Served on Board of Directors for: Daedalians, Air Force Association, American Defense Preparedness Association, Society of Logistics Engineers, Society of Old Crows, and American Manag ement Association, Athletes in Action, Greene County Community Foundation, Fairborn Performing Arts & Cultural Association and Greene County Airport Authority. Member of American Legion, Veteran of Foreign Wars, Abiding Christ Lutheran Church and Fairborn Area Historical Society.Over 50 years extensive experience in all areas of supervision and program management with direct responsibility for planning, budgeting, scheduling, training, purchasing, operations, test and international public relations.? Recipient of Air Force Association Liaison Award (1981), Logistics Management Excellence Award (1983), Kouts High School Wall of Fame (2001), and Fairborn Chamber of Commerce Huelsman Award (2011), Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame (2018). Legends of Fairborn Award (2021), and Greene County Veterans Hall of Fame (2022).? Chief Executive Officer for small business for 28 years. Published book titled: Born to Live on the Edge.

Sommaire:
From Indiana farm boy to Vietnam fighter pilot and beyond, Fredrick L. Pumroy often seemed to live on the edge. Stories about his narrow escapes from enemy anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail and dances with death in all manner of aircraft make for very entertaining reading in his cleanly written memoir,?Born to Live on The Edge. This one hundred-page book is a must-read for pilots-or for anyone who dreams of becoming one. Such readers will sigh with envy to read of a gift the eight-year-old Pumroy received from his father: a small, one-seat plane that the boy and his father flew around in over the family farm until his father was forced to sell the plane. A high school jock who also played sports in college, Pumroy joined the Air Force with every intention of becoming a fighter pilot. It was on his first mission as a Forward Air Controller that reality overcame dreams of glory: I hadn't been shot at before and I didn't like it, he remembers, adding that over a two-month period his aircraft took 309 bullet holes. The section on Vietnam, Loas and Cambodia is among the more exciting and best-written in this short memoir. There are chapters on flying all types of aircraft-military and civilian, commercial and private-and none are dull. While he always thanked the Lord for keeping him alive through the dangers he faced, after one near-fatal incident the veteran pilot says he began to wonder just how many more fixes God would get me out of. The book is written in a clean and crisp manner, and it is illustrated with photos taken by the author, some while flying over hostile territory. There are stories about drinking games and boyish pranks that pilots in a war zone partake in to cope with stress, and there are little asides about friends, comrades, and some top brass Pumroy met during his flying years. All of these people and events are related in a straightforward style that is honest without being cloyingly personal. As with many people in hazardous jobs, not every day in Pumroy's life was dangerous, exciting, or particularly interesting. The chapters about his farm and school days, his time flying a desk, and his post-Air Force career as a technical consultant may be of most interest to friends and family, or to other once-dashing flyboys whose days of danger and glory are long gone. From the death-defying to the mundane, Pumroy kindly shares his memories with readers. ...