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Aviation Author Chris Pezalla. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or announcements please write us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com.
Today we have a guest who has been on the show in the past and has been a prolific writer of aviation books and manuals, Chris Pezalla. Chris is an Airline Pilot, Aviation Attorney, and Writer who has numerous degrees and is currently seeking a masters in Aviation Law.
As we heard in the last episode aviation journalism is both challenging and rewarding. Our guest Chris focuses primarily on informational books and manuals. He also produced a video from one of his books “The Advanced Guide To Holding Patterns” which you can find in our courses page or clicking the link at the bottom of the show notes.
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In This Episode We Discuss:
Chris’s experience growing up
- Selling the parents on flying
- Reading technical manuals at age 12
- Joining AOPA at age 13
- Meeting Rod Macho at age 17
- Writing in High School and College
Learning to write
- Book: English Grammar for Dummies
- MBA Program
Booking writing experience and Holding patterns
- Why write about holding patterns
- Chris tells joke about not having cable tv
- What were some of the challenges of writing a book
Writing for SeekingAlpha.com
- Articles about the financial markets
- Finally got to use the MBA
- Paid for article, not for specific opinion
The new book
- New book about airports – Pilots Guide to US Airport Operations
- The book name and overview
- Reasons for writing it
- Co-authors and others who helped
- Helping to get co-author an interview
- The photo work
- Practical application
- Cover-to-cover read or reference manual?
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