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Smokey Chronicles ~ From Hangar to Heroics

Fasten your seatbelts for the firstThe Smokey Chronicles, the must-readaviation humorcollection featuring Captain Smokey Thornberry - the most outrageously confident pilot whose flying skills are matched only by his talent for embellishment!Meet Smokey: a man who wasn't born to follow rules—he was conceived to rewrite them with flourish. With 147 pairs ofaviator sunglasses(each with its own name, personality, and Instagram account), Smokey transforms ordinary flights into extraordinaryairplane adventuresthat will have you laughing until your oxygen mask drops.Discover why airlines let Smokey describe turbulence as "spicy air" after passenger satisfaction scores jumped 47%! Follow his journey from humble beginnings in Tulsa to becoming theaviation legendwhose landings are so smooth passengers don't realize they've touched down until they see him strutting through the cabin giving finger guns to babies.What readers love about this hilarious collection:Smokey's pre-flight Macarena ritual performed exactly seven times before takeoffHis conversations with aircraft he's named "Old Bessie" and "The Maverick"Tales of outmaneuvering Canada geese "trained by Russians"The infamous "tactical bubble gum" that allegedly saved a plane from disasterHis possibly fictional grandfather who taught Chuck Yeager to fly "the fun way"Flight deck storiesthat have been described as "stand-up comedy at 35,000 feet"- Aviation Humor Hilarious Pilot AdventuresFrom military training mishaps to survival challenges involving rubber ducks and igloo casinos, thesefunny pilot storieschronicle Smokey's meteoric rise through aviation ranks despite (or perhaps because of) his creative interpretation of physics and FAA regulations.Experience the chaos through the eyes of exasperated co-pilots, ground crew, and flight instructors who've had their lives forever changed by Smokey's uniquepilot personality. Witness his "extreme origami" technique—folding paper airplanes while blindfolded and riding a mechanical bull—which he claims maintains his pilot refl

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