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Common Sense For Today’s America

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Freeze Time Media recently released “Common Sense for Today’s America,” which shows that there are practical ways of solving the ongoing issues Americans face today.

Common Sense For Today's America

The book covers government and politics, but also looks at family life, education, church, God, sports, and pretty much anything that makes people feel frustrated and wondering what happened to the American Dream.

Often with humor, Common Sense for Today’s America turns the most complex problems upside down and looks at them with the perspective of real solutions that do not adhere to any one philosophy or bias. JJ McKeever gives readers a chance to sit back and look at little excerpts of life that are happening in the United States today. A common topic is what goes on in our nation’s capital with President Obama and Congress.

While conservative in nature, Mr. McKeever is ready to give credit when due to liberals and Democrats and is ready to blast the Republicans when they get in their own way…which happens way too often. One of the biggest themes in Common Sense for Today’s America is that it is never all one side or the other that is responsible for the problems, or who has the perfect solution. America was founded on compromise; otherwise they would still be debating the Declaration of Independence! This is an intelligent vision of how to tackle our biggest issues, and you will often be laughing while reading them. This same philosophy permeates all other subjects.

While a Christian, JJ McKeever holds other belief systems in total respect while showing how religion can lose sight of both God and people. In a world where education is paramount, the dysfunctional way America sometimes tackles our education issues are brought to light. The importance of family and parents in their kids’ lives is also a common theme. This is all addressed with the idea that the United States is a great country and there is no reason why the American Dream cannot be a beacon for everyone to shoot for again. While our problems in America can be complex, the solutions can be relatively simple if people took time to actually listen to each other. Common Sense for Today’s America is to be enjoyed…and hopefully to make the reader think. We have a wonderful country…let’s keep it going for another few hundred years! Common Sense is available in print from Amazon. The ebook is available from various sources, including the iBookstore and Barnes and Noble.

Visit JJ McKeever’s Author Page to learn more about him.

Passion for Flight Vol. 3: In the Cockpit with Cliff Robertson

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Robertson iBooks CoverIn the Cockpit with Cliff Robertson, is now available in print and as an ebook. The book is the third volume in Passion for Flight, a series of short biographies regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies.

Cliff Robertson appeared in more than one hundred roles in his career as an actor, including a young John F. Kennedy in “PT 109,” his Academy Award winning performance in “Charly,” and most recently, Uncle Ben in “Spider-Man.”

But Cliff always felt more comfortable in a plane than in Hollywood. His fascination for aviation began as a child. He accrued several thousand hours in the cockpit and held single-engine land and sea, multi-engine, instrument and commercial licenses, as well as balloon, gliding and seaplane ratings. Over his lifetime he owned a variety of planes, including a Beech Baron 58, Messerschmitt Me 108, Stampe SV4, three Tiger Moths and a Spitfire Mk.IX.

His aviation accomplishments included helping launch the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program in 1992 and serving as its first national honorary chairman.

In the Cockpit with Cliff Robertson is available in Black & White and Color print versions through Amazon. Electronic versions are available through Gumroad, Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble and the iBookstore.

Visit Di Freeze’s Amazon page to see other books in this series.

Passion for Flight Vol. 2: In the Cockpit with Bob Hoover

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In the Cockpit with Bob Hoover, previously released as an ebook, is now available in print. The book is the second volume in Passion for Flight, a series of short biographies regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies.

In the Cockpit with Bob HooverBob Hoover was shot down on Feb. 9, 1944, and spent 15 years as a prisoner of war. He was later assigned to Wright Field as a test pilot and served as Chuck Yeager’s backup pilot for the X-1 program. He left the military in 1948, joined General Motor’s Allison Division as a test pilot, and later tested and demonstrated airplanes for North American Aviation/Rockwell International.

He flew popular aerobatic demonstrations in airplanes including a Shrike Commander 500S and well-known P-51. In more than 50 years of flying, the legendary air show pilot performed aerobatics in more airplane types, events and countries, and before more people, than anyone in the history of aviation.

The first book in the series, In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager, and In the Cockpit with Bob Hoover are presently available through Amazon and on Gen. Yeager’s website, in the Right Stuff Store.

It is the mission of Freeze Time Media to make this book and future books in the Passion for Flight series available to organizations, libraries and schools, to further interest in aviation. Please use the contact form to inquire about wholesale prices and donations for this purpose.

There are presently ten ebooks available in the series, at Amazon and BN.com. Those books will be available in print over the next few months. The series will eventually include more than fifty titles.

Di Freeze interviewed many of the world’s best known aviators during nearly a decade as editor in chief of a national aviation publication. Those biographies and others form “Passion for Flight,” a digital and print series of short biographies regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies. Follow the series as it unfolds at Passion for Flight.

Through Freeze Time Media, Di co-wrote and published “From the Ground Up: From the Tractor to the Trailer,” the autobiography of Colorado aviation sales pioneer Talmage E. Miller, available in Kindle form, standard paperback and larger print. She has also edited self-help, fiction and children’s books.

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In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager (Passion for Flight Vol. 1)

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In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager, previously released as an ebook, is now available in print. The book is the first volume in Passion for Flight, a series of short biographies regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies.

In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager

Brig. Gen. Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager was a test pilot and the first person to break the sound barrier, on October 14, 1947. After he was shot down during World War II and evaded capture, he successfully fought a rule that banned shot-down pilots from re-entering combat and eventually became a double ace. In 65 years in military cockpits, he flew at least 340 different makes and models of military airplanes, including the Air Force’s entire inventory during World War II, as well as aircraft from Germany, France, England, Japan, Sweden and Russia.

In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager is presently available through Amazon and on Gen. Yeager’s website in the Right Stuff Store. See a preview of the book here.

It is the mission of Freeze Time Media to make this book and future books in the Passion for Flight series available to organizations, libraries and schools, to further interest in aviation. Please use the contact form to inquire about wholesale prices and donations for this purpose.

There are presently ten ebooks available in the series, at Amazon and BN.com. Those books will be available in print over the next few months. The series will eventually include more than fifty titles.

Di Freeze interviewed many of the world’s best known aviators during nearly a decade as editor in chief of a national aviation publication. Those biographies and others form “Passion for Flight,” a digital and print series of short biographies regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies. Follow the series as it unfolds at Passion for Flight.

From the Ground Up

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Freeze Time Media recently celebrated the release of “From the Ground Up: From the Tractor to the Sabre,” the autobiography of Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame laureate Talmage E. Miller. Di Freeze co-wrote the book.

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Driving an old tractor around the fields on the farm wasn’t too exciting for Talmage E. “Tom/Tal” Miller until one of the National Guard biplanes had a forced landing nearby. He ran to get a closer look at this big bird — too late. They got it fixed and blew dirt in his face when they took off. That instilled a bug in him to learn to fly, which he did one night at Denver Municipal Airport in 1936.
His training was delayed when his father was transferred to Lincoln, Nebraska. WWII came about and he learned to fly in the Enlisted Reserve under the CPT program, where he soloed in 1942. He graduated from the Central Instructors School at Randolph Field and was assigned to Tex Rankin’s Primary Flight Training School. The war was winding down and less demand for pilots closed the flight schools. Tex Rankin helped him get into cadet pilot training at Santa Ana, California. He got his wings in Douglas, Arizona, and was assigned to “bombing through overcast” school flying North American B-25s.
When the war ended, he returned to the farm, but eventually landed an instructor job at Sky Ranch Airport before being hired by Combs Aircraft, a Beechcraft dealer, to sell airplanes. He flew everything from the Bonanza to the King Air 200 turboprop and won many awards for aircraft sales. He later founded his own airplane sales company with Bill Haines, chief pilot for the Dillon Company. They sold many kinds of airplanes, from DC-3s to North American Sabreliner models 40 and 60 in many parts of the world.
He collected many friends and stories along the way. His book describes encounters with Olive Ann Beechcraft, Roscoe Turner, Paul Mantz, Frank Tallman, Elrey Jeppesen and many other well-known names in the aviation industry.
Visit Talmage E. Miller’s Author Page to learn more about him.