Finally, a historical novel about Pan Am's famous pioneering captain, Ed Musick!

"PACIFIC MUSICK"

by Ross Detwiler

with a Foreward by Peter Leslie 

"Pacific Musick: Personal Life of Captain Ed Musick, Chief Pilot, Pan American Airways China Clipper" by Ross Detwiler: (Austin McCauley Publishers 2021), 307 pp.

 Peter Leslie, son of John C. Leslie, Pan Am engineer who accompanied Musick in all his endurance flights, wrote in his foreward: "I think only a skilled, experienced pilot and writer like Detwiler could capture the special character, intellect and skill of Ed Musick which made him America's second-best known pilot after his friend Charles L. Lindbergh..." — Peter Leslie, PAHF

In most accounts of his life, Captain Edwin Musick’s flights begin with his airplanes ready for flight, and end when they take off --viewpoints from the ground. But here's a unique chance to appreciate the momentous aviation history behind Pan American’s famous chief pilot from a more personal perspective. In “Pacific Musick”  readers are behind the scenes during his preparation for flights, aboard his planes when the hatches close and still aboard when the hatches open on arrival.

The book not only flies along with Pan Am Capt. Musick, but explores his thoughts and the thoughts of the woman he loves as they face the magnificent challenges in front of them. It watches as Musick’s story draws the attention of his best friend first, then groups of pilots, then his airline --Pan American Airways,  and finally captivating the entire US nation. Now readers worldwide can immerse themselves in the personal story of Ed Musick as he sought to achieve his remarkable milestones in the history of flight.

Author Ross Detwiler has drawn on his own aviation career to make “Pacific Musick” as authentic as it can be. It’s carefully crafted, well researched, and doesn’t leave out the personal details and mileposts that marked Ed Musick’s important story, as previously told. This book brings the man to life in ways that add a very welcome, warm, human dimension to his story.  As historical fiction rooted in solid research, it's also enriched with little-known facts behind the preparations leading up to Musick's epochal flights.

The cover of the book depicts Pan Am's Martin M-130 "China Clipper," piloted by Ed Musick, flying under the San Francisco Bay Bridge construction, on its famous trip from Alameda, CA to Honolulu HI in November 1935.

"Pacific Musick" is an engaging read, especially significant this year for the 90th anniversary of the China Clipper (November 1935), a flight piloted by Captain Musick that changed aviation forever. Available through Amazon in hardcover, paperback and Kindle and at Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers.