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Ehud Neor's avatar

Substack is a one-room schoolhouse, and Robert F. Graboyes is the older student showing us important things, and at the same time showing us how joyful it is to see the world anew in the light of those things. Even when the subject matter is dismal, reading Graboyes you come away with some understanding, and that understanding can give birth to a brighter vision for the future. Well done Robert.

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Gathering Goateggs's avatar

It does not reach quite as far back into the past as "The Abernathy Boys" but since you mentioned your lifelong interest in aviation, you might like "Flight of Passage" by Rinker Buck. It is the true story of how Rinker and his brother Kern, then aged 15 and 17, bought and restored a Piper PA-11 Cub Special and flew it across the country. This occurred in the summer of 1966, although Rinker did not write the book until over 30 years later, after he had become a journalist and had children of his own.

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