Hard Air:
Adventures from the Edge of Flying
by W. Scott Olsen

“His narrative is reminiscent in tone of Beryl Markham’s early African aviation adventures chronicled in West with the Night. . . . Olsen . . . does a good job of capturing, in a journalistic interview style, the experiences of the men and women who routinely fly these adventurous missions. The stories are good enough to inspire future pilots.”—Sara Tompson, Library Journal

“It’s hard to imagine a more gripping book for aviation buffs than Olsen’s depiction of some of the hairier aspects of service networks usually taken for granted and seldom properly noticed by the media.”—Roland Green, Booklist