#9 The Recovery of TWA 847. Dirty Work, Co-Author Brad Kuhn on Recovering TWA 847 and Storytelling

Cover Photo: Captain Richard Vaux(left), and Brad Kuhn(right): Co-Authors of Dirty Work. Brad Kuhn is a professional author. He has often performed as a ghost-writer. He helped Captain Richard Vaux tell the story of recovering the hijacked TWA B-727 from war torn Beirut, Lebanon in 1985. The book can be found here: Dirty Work: The untold story of my secret mission to steal back TWA Flight 847 from Hezbollah https://www.amazon.com/dp/1072352885/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_a_PFPM9VD7JNEBER6XZRE6 He can be reached at BradKuhnandassociates.com 2:30 Ghostwriter vs Co-Author 6:00 From pilot stories to relevant context 8:00 Afghanistan 10:45 Geopolitical Context of the Times 13:00 Sense of Duty 15:00 TWA in Turmoil 16:10 Naabi Berri (SP?) 18:00. Hijackers let free 20:00 Carl Seeland 20:40 Memories over time 22:30 Corrections to a Print on Demand Book 25:35 Print on Demand as a business model 29:00 Where this Podcast is headed 29:45 Great Aviation Stories 31:00 The Craft of Making a Good Book 32:50. Sense of camaraderie after a job well done 34:40 Shared Stories 38:00 Respect the telling of a story 39:00 Lou Rehr 41:30 Evolution of a Story.. Maine ANG Training Runs 47:15 Twa Cargo for US Military Over Iran 53:00 White Line Fever 60:00 When you fail at trucking 62:50 Truckers and Pilots 67:00 Truthiness 70:30 Talking Heads and Conflict 78:00 Getting into a Hobby 79:33 Dedication