BOOKS BY BILL EADS

LIGHTNING FLIGHT! 
2014
LIGHTNING FLIGHT! is a fictional narrative that begins with a covert operation taking place in the near future. The President of the United States has authorized a non-conventional strike on a secret terrorist location in the disputed area along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Two highly sophisticated stealth strike fighters are launched from the Navy's newest aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf to conduct this mission. The unanticipated result of this operation causes a chain reaction that threatens to impeach the President and brings the major military powers to the brink of World War III. Congressman Blake Ettington is sent to the MIddle East to investigate and finds himself involved in an ongoing battle between American forces and international terrorism. He and his team, consisting of JAG Officer Debbi Schelling, CIA operative T.J. Butt, and Marine pilot Gordy Whitworth, enter the clandestine world of espionage and combat taking place in the primitive, war-weary country of Afghanistan. The investigation reveals an intricate plot to assassinate political and military leaders in America. Domestic terrorists and Mexican drug cartels are involved in a master plan to bring the United States of America to her knees!
WHEN FLYING WAS FUN!: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL COMPILATION OF AVIATION ANECDOTES
2007
WHEN FLYING WAS FUN! is an autobiographical collection of aviation anecdotes covering four decades of flying, starting with the sixties. These humorous and sometimes poignant stories are told from a first person perspective by the author, who was a naval aviator during the Vietnam War and spent over thirty years as an airline pilot with United Airlines. These memoirs relate to those days when pilots actually flew airplanes, before the days of “glass cockpits” and computer-operated flights. Those were the days when passengers dressed up in their Sunday finest for a trip to the airport to go on a flight that would take them on the adventure of their lives! This was a time when airline pilots and flight attendants looked and felt sharp as they strode to their airplanes with pride in their uniforms and the feeling that they truly were part of the most glamorous profession in America.