Skyheist - Brantner, Robert M
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Everyone thought it was just a hijacking. They were wrong. It was a skyheist! In aviation's golden age of the 1960's, a late arriving passenger boards a TWA 727 minutes before departure. However, this passenger is not what he seems. As the plane is taxiing out for takeoff, the new arrival brandishes a gun. Everyone present is now part of a hijacking. Working with the authorities, the flight crew is successful in safely evacuating the passengers. However, the hijacker is equally successful in forcing the plane into the sky. Destination: Cuba. In the middle of the night, hours after takeoff, an…mehr

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Everyone thought it was just a hijacking. They were wrong. It was a skyheist! In aviation's golden age of the 1960's, a late arriving passenger boards a TWA 727 minutes before departure. However, this passenger is not what he seems. As the plane is taxiing out for takeoff, the new arrival brandishes a gun. Everyone present is now part of a hijacking. Working with the authorities, the flight crew is successful in safely evacuating the passengers. However, the hijacker is equally successful in forcing the plane into the sky. Destination: Cuba. In the middle of the night, hours after takeoff, an explosion rocks the plane, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing short of the hijacker's intended destination. As smoke begins to fill the cockpit, the flight engineer heads back to the cabin to investigate. There he finds the hijacker has mysteriously disappeared. Even more curious, he has left his $100,000 ransom behind. It isn't until the treasury department becomes involved that the crew learns that what at first seemed a normal hijacking, was in reality a heist worth $11 million dollars. Skyheist is a thrilling adventure full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the very last page, taking you on a journey through an age of air travel long past, but not forgotten!
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Robert M. Brantner is currently working as both a captain and a line check airman for a major US airline. He started his flying career as a bush pilot in Alaska, which later led to a job as a pilot for Trans World Airlines. After four years with TWA, Bob landed his dream job, working for the airline he flies for today.All throughout his flying career, Bob has continued to write, and is the bestselling author of Five Hundred Feet Above Alaska and Claus: The Untold Story of Kris Kringle.Bob was born in Southern California and attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where he earned his BS in Aeronautical Science. He is married to Kelly Kaczka Brantner, and they have one daughter, Madison, and a dog, Fergus. They live just outside of Annapolis, Maryland.