Skyhook
Published on 19. January 2016
432 pages
978-1-5040-2799-1 (ISBN)
Description
A scientist and a pilot's daughter investigate a top-secret computer program that can control any plane in the sky in this spine-tingling thriller from
New York Times-bestselling author John J. Nance
For eighteen months, Dr. Ben Cole has worked to develop Skyhook, a highly advanced autopilot that can direct aircraft from the ground. On the first test run, something goes wrong over the Gulf of Alaska plunging Cole's plane toward a supertanker at maximum speed. But moments before impact, the computer switches off, saving his life.
Seeking answers, Cole joins forces with April Rosen, whose pilot father narrowly missed his own midair collision over the same waters where Skyhook was tested. Unraveling the mystery of these near-disasters pits Cole and Rosen against shadowy forces within the Pentagon who will go to dangerous lengths to keep the public from discovering the true purpose-and the real dangers-of Skyhook.
For eighteen months, Dr. Ben Cole has worked to develop Skyhook, a highly advanced autopilot that can direct aircraft from the ground. On the first test run, something goes wrong over the Gulf of Alaska plunging Cole's plane toward a supertanker at maximum speed. But moments before impact, the computer switches off, saving his life.
Seeking answers, Cole joins forces with April Rosen, whose pilot father narrowly missed his own midair collision over the same waters where Skyhook was tested. Unraveling the mystery of these near-disasters pits Cole and Rosen against shadowy forces within the Pentagon who will go to dangerous lengths to keep the public from discovering the true purpose-and the real dangers-of Skyhook.
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Person
John J. Nance is the author of thirteen novels whose suspenseful storylines and authentic aviation details have led
Publishers Weekly to call him the "king of the modern-day aviation thriller." Two of his novels,
Pandora's Clock and
Medusa's Child, were made into television miniseries. He is well known to television viewers as the aviation analyst for ABC News. As a decorated air force pilot who served in Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm and a veteran commercial airline pilot, he has logged over fourteen thousand hours of flight time and piloted a wide variety of jet, turboprop, and private aircraft. Nance is also a licensed attorney and the author of seven nonfiction books, including
On Shaky Ground: America's Earthquake Alert and
Why Hospitals Should Fly, which, in 2009, won the American College of Healthcare Executives James A. Hamilton Award for book of the year. Visit him online at www.johnnanceassociates.com.
Content
- Cover Page
- Praise for the Writing of John J. Nance
- Title Page
- Dedication
- One: Monday Evening Over the Gulf of Alaska, Southeast of Anchorage
- Two: Tuesday, Day 2 Uancouver, British Columbia, Canada 8:25 A.M.
- Three: Tuesday, Day 2 Research Triangle Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
- Four: Tuesday Morning, Day 2 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Five:Tuesday, Day 2 Uniwave Field Offices Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
- Six: Tuesday, Day 2 Anchorage, Alaska
- Seven: Tuesday, Day 2 Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage
- Eight: Tuesday, Day 2 Uniwave Field Offices Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
- Nine: Tuesday, Day 2 Shilshoal Marina Ballard, Washington
- Ten: Tuesday, Day 2 Uniwave Field Offices Elmendorf AFB, Alaska Around 8 P.M.
- Eleven: Wednesday Morning, Day 3 Anchorage Hilton
- Twelve: Wednesday, Day 3 Anchorage Around 9 A.M.
- Thirteen: Wednesday, Day 3 Anchorage International Airport
- Fourteen: Wednesday, Day 3 Uniwave Field Offices Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
- Fifteen:Wednesday, Day 3 Anchorage, Alaska Late Afternoon
- Sixteen: Wednesday, Day 3 In Flight Late Afternoon
- Seventeen: Wednesday, Day 3 Anchorage
- Eighteen: Thursday, Day 4 Sequim, Washington 8:40 A.M.
- Nineteen: Thursday, Day 4 Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 8:40 A.M.
- Twenty: Thursday, Day 4 Sequim Valley Airport, Washington 11:20 A.M.
- Twenty One: Thursday, Day 4 Anchorage, Alaska Early Afternoon
- Twenty Two: Thursday Afternoon, Day 4 Uniwave Field Offices Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
- Twenty Three: Thursday, Day 4 Sixty-Three Nautical Miles South of Valdez, Alaska Late Afternoon
- Twenty Four: Thursday, Day 4 Uniwave Field Offices Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
- Twenty Five: Friday Morning, Day 5 The Pentagon Washington, D.C.
- Twenty Six: Friday Morning, Day Aspen Hotel Valdez, Alaska
- Twenty Seven: Friday Morning, Day 5 Usaf Sam 3994 Special Air Mission, En Route Andrews AFB to Elmendorf AFB
- Twenty Eight: Friday Afternoon, Day 5 Valdez, Alaska
- Twenty Nine: Friday, Day 5 Over the Gulf of Alaska, Southeast of Anchorage Early Evening
- Thirty: Friday Afternoon, Day 5 Sequim, Washington
- Thirty One: Friday Evening, Day 5 Aboard Widgeon N8771B Over the Gulf of Alaska, Southeast of Anchorage
- Thirty Two: Friday, Day 5 Sequim, Washington
- Thirty Three: Saturday, Day 6 Aboard Widgeon N8771B 1:20 A.M.
- Thirty Four: Saturday, Day 6 Anchorage, Alaska 6:50 A.M.
- Thirty Five: Saturday, Day 6 Shilshole Marina Ballard, Washington 9:02 A.M.
- Thirty Six: Saturday, Day 6 7:05 A.M. Alaskan Time
- Thirty Seven: Saturday, Day 6 Olympic National Park, Washington 11:15 A.M.
- Thirty Eight: Saturday, Day 6 Olympic National Park, Washington
- Thirty Nine: Saturday, Day 6 Elmdorf AFB, Alaska 12 Noon
- Forty: Saturday, Day 6 Valdez, Alaska 3:42 P.M.
- Forty One: Saturday, Day 6 Seattle, Washington
- Forty Two: Saturday Evening, Day 6 Anchorage International Airport, Alaska
- Forty Three: Monday Morning, Day 8 Sequim, Washington
- Forty Four: Monday Afternoon, Day 8 Federal District Court for the District of Columbia Washington, D.C.
- Forty Five: Tuesday, Day 9 Federal District Court for the District of Columbia Washington, D.C. 11:25 A.M.
- Forty Six: Tuesday, Day 9 the Willard Hotel Washington, D.C. 5:46 P.M.
- Forty Seven: Wednesday Morning, Day 18 United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Washington, D.C.
- Forty Eight: Wednesday Morning, Day 10 the White House Washington, D.C.
- Forty Nine: Wednesday, Day 10 Washington, D.C. Noon
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
