From the Book

FOREWORD

“It takes just a moment for a child to believe that they can accomplish the impossible, but someone has to show them first. Captain Bill Moyle puts the idea of taking to the sky into any child that reads Tommy the Texan. With enthusiasm and a little hard work, 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 and former copilot for Captain Billy.

 

“The author, brings to life a warm relationship between a pilot, Captain Billy, and his plane, Tommy the Texan. He describes how Billy rescued Tommy from slow deterioration in a field, and readied him for new adventures for both of them. Although it is intended as a children’s book, adults will enjoy it as well. You will read it with a smile on your face, and warmth in your heart, and you will eagerly await Tommy’s next adventures.”

– Carol Toberny, Owner, Gingerbread Used Books

CHAPTER ONE

In a small hangar located on a little airport in Danbury, Connecticut lived Tommy the Texan. Tommy’s home was in a line of a dull silver corrugated sheet metal T-hangars. They were called T-hangars because their shape was like the letter T. This made room for the wings and tail of an airplane. His hangar was number 13….

TOMMY REMEMBERS

The late afternoon was settling in around the airport. Captain Billy’s friends had left for the day. They had said their goodbyes to Billy and waved a goodbye to Tommy. The metal sea shell chairs had been put back in their place along one side of the hanger. Tommy could tell by the shadows in front of his doors that the sun was heading off into the western sky. He knew it was setting over the hills. Tommy saw the shadow of the wind sock on the roof as it began to cast a longer and longer shadow on the ramp.