By the Seat of My Pants is Dean Smith\'s story of his life as a flying cadet in WWI, an airmail pilot in the 1920\'s and, lastly, as the lead aviator in Admiral Byrd\'s 1928 Antarctic expedition.
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Passages describe airmail runs heading West with no maps or runways available, and Smith\'s interesting take on the Byrd Expedition is a version of events not in the official records.
Told in a self-deprecating style with a matter of fact sense of humor, it is an engaging read from start to finish.
By the Seat of My Pants is Dean Smith\'s story of his life as a flying cadet in WWI, an airmail pilot in the 1920\'s and, lastly, as the lead aviator in Admiral Byrd\'s 1928 Antarctic expedition