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"Truly a fascinating story of international intrigue in an aviation setting. It kept me on the edge of my seat throughout."

Dave Pinsky, Colonel, USAF (Ret.) Executive Director, Pacific Coast Air Museum

"Plane Jane is more than an fast-paced action adventure novel. It is a movie in the making. Not the usual villians or cookie cutter heroine, Plane Jane's plot is captivating. I was fascinated by the way the author wove the story around the two cultures and made it flow almost seemlessly. A true adventure, you never know what will happen next! Plane Jane is definitely a must read!"

Heidi Richards on April 1, 2010

"A great adventure"with many twists and turns leaving the reader questioning what will happen next? The hero and heroine, cleverly named Jesus and Mary, are hardly a biblical study; rather the novel sets them in the middle of the Muslim world in Saudi Arabia, mixed with its archaic ancient customs and modern western influences."

-Harry L. Hathaway, former President Los Angeles County Bar Association

“Compelling reading, well described fast moving adventure.”

-Mary Lou Gallagher
Beyond & Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training Inc.

“Readers will hope this becomes a many-edition series with the redheaded hotty, Air Force Major Mary Jane...compelling story...interesting and detailed preparation...sinks us right into a tale we won’t want to leave.”

- Colleen O’Brien
Columnist and editor

“Extremely well-written...moves at a fast pace all the way to the climatic ending...Fischer...breathes life into each character through detailed description and realistic dialog.”

-Bettie Corbin Tucker
Independent Professional Reviewer

“Fresh addition to aviation-themed literature...suave, jaunty tone... reminiscent of some of my favorite Ian Fleming novels, moving quickly through a chain of twists and turns but remaining intelligent and surprisingly relevant.”

-Richard Porter
The Atlantic Monthly Flyer newspaper

“I have read many aviation themed books and Plane Jane is by far the best. This is an adventure tale I won’t soon forget.”

-Jarkko Haarala
Planegrazy, flying news publisher

“Fischer’s writing is not cookie cutter prose, but instead almost three dimensional. I would recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys a good aviation novel.”

-Henry Holden
Blackhawk Publishing and Women in Aviation

Plane Jane

WE Magazine Book Review

WE Magazine for Women

Book Review by Heidi Richards Mooney, Editor in Chief

“Air Force Major, Mary Jane, discharged for refusing to wear a burqua off base in Arabia, contracts to repossess a luxury Boeing 747 from a powerful Saudi Prince.”

“Plane Jane is more than a fast-paced action adventure novel. It is a movie in the making. Not the usual villains or cookie cutter heroine, Plane Jane’s plot is captivating.

I was fascinated by the way the author wove the story around the two cultures and made it flow almost seamlessly. A true adventure, you never know what will happen next! Plane Jane is definitely a must read!”

Book Review at PlaneGrazy.com

Book Excerpts

Yes!
Grinning to herself, she entered the cabin and closed the door behind her. She flipped on the main switch and saw that the fuel tanks were full and the batteries completely charged. She clicked her handheld walkie-talkie to signal Martinez, who was flying overhead, then hit the starter. The Rolls Royce
engines whirred to life, but instead of moving in a forward fashion, the Gulfstream rocked back and forth.
Moron! Forgot to remove the chocks from the wheels.
With engines running, Mary raced outside, removed the blocks that held the wheels in place, and rushed back to the pilot’s seat soaking in sweat. She screamed, Full goddamn throttle--—go, you little sweetheart--—go, go! The plane roared down the dark runway with lights out, racing blindly toward the directional radio beacon she had placed at the end of the runway, reaching one hundred-twenty knots before rising into the moonlight sky.
The walkie-talkie crackled. "Sister Mary, this is Jesus. You have sinned again. Say ten Hail Mary’s and I’ll see you in El Paso."

THE Mexican caper was just another day at the office for their growing company, Charter Aircraft Leasing Ltd., or CALL, as it was known in the trade. CALL was the outfit you contacted if your firm leased an airplane to a client who decided not to make any more payments and disappeared into the fog of phony registrations and repainted tail numbers. Someone had to find and repossess those aircraft, often from criminals, deadbeats and modern-day pirates willing to go to extreme lengths to hide and disguise their booty. Mary, who liked to refer to herself as a CALL girl, and her partner, Jesus Martinez, often took on the repo jobs no one else could handle. The risks had paid off handsomely: in just three years CALL was bringing in more than $10 million in annual revenue. But, it hadn’t been easy in the beginning.

Release Date Announced for High Flying Adventure Novel Plane Jane

Contact: Angelina McKinsey

(707) 318-4790

email: amckinsey@martinpearl.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dixon, CA / January 25, 2010–Martin Pearl Publishing announces the release of Plane Jane, by Robert Fischer ($14.00/ Martin Pearl). This 271 page aviation-themed adventure follows fictional ex Air Force Major Mary Jane as she seeks to repossess a luxury Boeing 747 from a rich and powerful Saudi Prince. Partnered with another recently discharged Air Force Pilot, Jesus Martinez, Mary quickly finds herself immersed in Saudi Arabian culture and intrigue as her quest takes on twists and surprises. Plane Jane will be released on June 11, 2010 and can be pre-ordered at bookstores everywhere.

Plane Jane is not only a great adventure story, it also mixes in contemporary themes and issues such as the role of women in the military and in Saudi culture. The aviation scenes are technically accurate, as is the depiction of life in Saudi Arabia. Plane Jane takes the reader right into the character’s world of the Air Force and Saudi Arabia in a thrilling race to its unexpected conclusion.

About the Author

Robert Fischer was raised in San Francisco and currently resides in Sonoma County, California. After serving as a Korean War pilot in the Marines, he went on to work as an import-exporter and as a restaurateur in Australia and California. He also flew his own helicopter, was invited to fly for the Rhodesian Army and flew for a Senator in the Philippines during the President Marcos period. After returning to America, he sold desalination equipment in Arabia, Australia and the Polynesian Islands. Plane Jane, his debut novel, highlights experiences in Bulgaria, where he witnessed wide-spread theft of autos and airplanes from the West. Robert is a dad to five children and a husband to his wife Helga for 30 years.

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