ABOUT BILL EADS

Bill's favorite auto with OK-3 license plate!
Outside the cockpit door of a Boeing 747.
Bill Eads graduated from the University of Virginia at the age of nineteen with a degree in English Literature. 

 After nine years as a Naval Aviator, 43 combat missions over North Vietnam and more than 300 carrier landings, he finished his career in aviation as a Boeing 747 Captain with United Airlines. 

His first book, When Flying Was Fun!, an autobiographical compilation of aviation anecdotes, was published in 2007. Lightning Flight! was published by FriesenPress in August, 2014. He and his wife, Donna, currently reside in Mesquite, Nevada.
Who says a B-747 can't fly fast?  Note the ground 
speed of 702 knots or 807 MPH!  This was en route from Tokyo to San Francisco with a strong tailwind!
We set a new record that night for the fastest time ever from NRT to SFO!
BILL'S AIRCRAFT
A-1 Skyraider
A-4 Skyhawk
Boeing 727
Boeing 747
Bill's favorite commercial aircraft
is the Boeing 727.
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