Every so often a truly great aviation story comes down the pike. The Mighty Tiger is the extraordinary story of one man's quest to become a pilot for the Flying Tiger Line. This was the airline formed after the war by the legendary AVG Flying Tiger aces and CNAC pilots, the same heroes who fought in the skies above China and the jungles of Burma or flew the "hump" between India and China.

The limitations that tie a person down are often only those of one's own imagination. Faced with challenges or when the difficulties loom, people tend to underestimate what is possible. "Can't be done," they whine. But every day impossibility thinkers get shoved aside by those who go ahead and do it anyway. Real Tigers always find a way to break out of circumstances that try to cage them in.

There are many books out there about airlines and aircraft, but most of them are straight-laced and dull. They recount the history of various air carriers or the mechanics of flying a plane, but no one seems to tell the outrageous shenanigans that go on behind the scenes. Most pilots either don't have these adventures, or dare not talk about them.

Why should that be a surprise? Modern airline pilots are notable for their cookie-cutter sameness. They're professional. They're nice guys. But, they're virtual automatons, a different breed of cat from the Tigers of the past. - Many of today's pilots just may fly their whole career without ever having been alive.

Learn what it was like to be a Flying Tiger during an era where pilots were individualists and everything was fun and up for grabs. Let your spirit of adventure soar! Read about:

• The humor and reality of the life of a Tiger pilot.
• The Tiger Air Circus of South East Asia.
• Con-job Aviation of the Alaskan North Slope.
• A close brush with a meteorite.
• The battle for Salween Gorge.
• A Luftwaffe Pilot's double escape.
• Life in the fast lane at Mach .92.