Flight

By: Neil Graham Hansen, Luann Grosscup

Narrated by: Capt. Neil Graham Hansen

Neil Hansen began his aviation career as a pilot for Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa. He spent more than a decade in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War as a captain for Air America, the CIA's airline that operated there during the Vietnam era and the Secret War in Laos. Neil reveled in the risky flying that fed his adrenaline addiction. Upon returning to the States, ultimately unable to find work and unable to let go of the Air America exhilaration rush, he saw the profession he loved come to an end when his trajectory veered off course.

This historical aviation narrative incorporates the pathos of a war zone, humor, and candid insight. Neil pulls the listener directly into the cockpit, onto dirt mountain landing strips, into the raunchy brothels of Laos, alongside his first toddling steps into Buddhism, aboard the plane he flew out of Cambodia hours before it fell to Khmer Rouge, down the road of self-destruction and beside him as he regains a foothold on the path to integrity.

©2018 Neil Graham Hansen, Luann Plamann Grosscup (P)2020 Neil Graham Hansen, Luann Plamann Grosscup

Extraordinary book!

If you’re into Air America, Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos war in the 60s and 70s or your an aviation enthusiast and like good pilot stories this is the book for you! Great narration also included.

Thank you Capt Hansen

Captain Hansen, thank you for sharing your story, experience, and thank you for your service.

Great stories

Great story by a great American aviator! Capt Hansen does a great job telling of the wild and wooly recent past that many have never heard about.

From a fellow traveler in another time

I almost could see the challenges you faced. Fly Safe, Tree top Flyer.


In peace,

Kevin

A Must Read for all Aviators

Neil tells us his story about what is undoubtedly some of the greatest and most thrilling flying that ever happened from a bygone era of aviation and US history. His storytelling ability is top notch. It’s easy to imagine yourself right there with him in Southeast Asia, flying props in the mountains of Laos or visiting the watering holes frequented by Air America Pilots and CIA men. A must read for any aviator or history lover.