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The Accidental Pilot is a collection of short stories and poems. The short stories with Air Force content are based on the author’s personal experiences during a career spanning thirty-five years. These stories highlight some of the traits of an officer of the Indian Armed Forces viz honesty, integrity, determination and loyalty. The title story tells the reader how the author was transformed from a land-lubber into a fighter pilot. Fictional stories included in the book are based on humour, intrigue and the supernatural, making the book a very interesting read. The author has included a few poems that, as he puts it, are a result of an imaginative mind working overtime.

Contents: Preface. 1. The star Gazar. 2. Fading memories. 3. The case of the missing Ack Ack guns. 4. The mystic owl. 5. The crows of Ghorpuri. 6. The silent scream. 7. Golfing at Chuapara. 8. The Diwali Mission. 9. All is well. 10. Dax and his pay Parades. 11. Sometimes I wonder. 12. Rajaji, the iconic Mascot. 13. The great train journey. 14. The fog of war. 15. And then the telegram died. 16. The Misty veil. 17. The accidental Pilot. 18. The reluctant Buddhist. 19. Raja of Khansi. 20. Rishte. 21. Controller of spirits. 22. The mercurial Moses. 23. Woh Lamhe. 24. The ghost who talks. 25. Morning walk. 26. Samson and Delilah. 27. An unusual love story. 28. The haricut story. 29. Charlie, son of a priest. 30. When you Gotta go, you Gotta go. 31. Dil ka Aina. 32. The cricket obsession. 33. Ek Nazar. 34. Sohan Lal, the fast food vendor. 35. Intezaar. 36. The shoe Shiner. 37. Ek Sachai. 38. A meeting gone sour. 39. Woh. 40. The air race. Glossary of terms.