Book one of The Adventures of Tommy the Texan and Captain Billy narrated the story of how Billy’s relationship began with his friend in flight, Tommy the Texan. Their adventures brought them from their meeting in a barn in Arizona to Tommy’s new home in a hangar at a small airport in Danbury, Connecticut. Billy and his crew restored Tommy and prepped him to return to the air. Book two of the Tommy the Texan series, The Adventures of Tommy the Texan and Captain Billy: A Return to Blue Skies, shares how the bond between Tommy, a T-6 Texan airplane, and Captain Billy keeps growing as he and his crew prepare for Tommy’s first test flight and a return to blue skies. Lois and Tracie, two of Billy’s pilot friends, become new members of the team. The story follows the team as they get Tommy ready for his test flight and face a challenge that could be a big problem. The crew flies down to Florida to attend a flying formation clinic where Billy hopes to get certified so their adventures can continue.

Tommy the Texan is an advanced training T-6 airplane who lives in an airport hangar in Danbury, Connecticut, and longs to fly again. When retired airplane pilot, Captain Billy, purchases him and begins rebuilding him, Tommy the Texan looks forward to Billys visits when he and his friends put on coffee and tell stories of great adventures in the big blue sky. As a special connection builds between Tommy and Billy, the time arrives when Tommy is finally ready to fly. Not long after Billy climbs into the cockpit, starts Tommys engine, and taxis to the runway, man and machine soar to the sky where they begin making memories and Tommy finally has the chance to experience his own great adventures once again. The Adventures of Tommy the Texan and Captain Billy brings to life the warm relationship between a pilot and his plane as they experience the excitement and joys of flying together. Captain Billy and Tommy the Texan are the dynamic duo that will inspire future generations to fly. Erika Armstrong, ATP, Author of A Chick in the Cockpit

Annotation First volume in the new series. It explores the body of work of Elmer Kelton, son and grandson of working cowboys, who writes of the lives and settings he knows best--the people and landscapes of West Texas. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.