Bücher von John Seymour

Famous for his venturesome spirit and advocacy of a self-supporting existence, John Seymour was thus a natural and sympathetic editor for this remarkable book, first published in 1970, which offers the authentic voice of a Romany gypsy (a scrap metal merchant and horse trader) describing the life he has led and the longer lineage of his family.

This book is a memoir of my Navy career from June 1961 to August 1981. It contains 13 chapters which are briefly described here. Three more books will follow: Memoirs of the Seymours and My Boyhood Memories, Memoirs of My Professional Career and Memoirs of My Retirement.Chapter 1 Pre-Flight 1961After four months of training, I was commissioned at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida in October. Chapter 2 Aviation Observer Wings 1961-1962Six months later, I was designated as a Naval Aviation Observer at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas.Chapter 3 Bombardier Navigator 1962-1963Training at Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Washington led to designation as a Bombardier Navigator in the A-3 Skywarrior aircraft. Chapter 4 Coral Sea Cruise 1963Deployed with Heavy Attack Squadron Two on the carrier Coral Sea to Australia and the Western Pacific. Chapter 5 Naval Aviator Wings 1964-1965Trained as a Naval Aviator and subsequently received orders to Patrol Squadron 16 at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida.Chapter 6 Patrol Plane Commander 1965-1973Assigned to east and west coast squadrons as a Patrol Plane Commander in P-3 Orion aircraft separated by duty as Communications Officer for land-based anti-submarine aircraft in the Atlantic.Chapter 7 Professional Development Program 1973-1974Collaborated with the RCA Corporation in the upcoming field of satellite communications. Chapter 8 Defense Systems Management School 1974Attended the Defense Systems Management School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.Chapter 9 T-28 Adventures 1961-1976 For proficiency training, I flew an assortment of adventurous flights in the T-28 Trojan aircraft.Chapter 10 Navy Space Project Office 1975Worked in front office to learn more about the Navy's satellite programs. Chapter 11 Navy Space Project Activity 1975-1978Program Officer at the National Reconnaissance Office in the Pentagon following all of the low-earth orbiting electronic surveillance satellites operated by the Air Force and the Navy.Chapter 12 Taiwan Defense Command 1978-1979 Chief of flight operations and command pilot. Because of the change in diplomatic relations, we left Taiwan by April 1979. Chapter 13 Middle East Force 1979-1981Assigned to flying duty as executive officer of Administrative Support Unit, Bahrain. As my assignment was drawing to a close, I decided to retire. Epilogue: After assessing my vocational aptitude, I decided to seek a position as an International Marketing Manager. My Memoir of My Professional Career begins...

Sailing Through England is an account of that voyage. Setting out from Portsmouth the Seymours would navigate the rivers and canals of East Anglia, the Midlands and the North, penetrating as far inland as Leeds and Bradford, finally crossing the country by a canal climbing right over the Pennine chain to Liverpool and the Irish Sea.

Describes the author's journey of four months spent on a British waterways hire cruiser - the Water Willow - in which he and his family travelled the water roads of England, from Nottingham to Llangollen and then back by a devious route across the Midlands to the Wash.