Plane Jane

by Robert Lloyd Fischer

Discharged from the Air Force for refusing to wear a veil off-base in Saudi Arabia, fighter pilot Mary Jane contracts to repossess a luxury Boeing 747 from a powerful Saudi prince. She partners with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981482244
• ISBN13: 9780981482248
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Martin Pearl Publishing
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Adventure in the Skies

This is an adventure story featuring Mary Jane, a pilot who is discharged from the air force for refusing to wear a veil (burqa) in Saudi Arabia. She immediately gets on a quest to repossess a luxury 707 jet from a wealthy Saudi prince. For this kind of task she needs a partner, and so she works with Jesus Martinez in her self-styled adventure. The many risks they face include the possibility of being captured and getting executed, but they will not relent, and they travel from Paris and San Francisco to Saudi Arabia. Apart from the dizzying and dazzling adventure, the reader also is taken on an international, multicultural journey, where much of the action is made more complex by the intersection of culture and personal history (or experience). I enjoyed this book and look forward to Robert Fischer's next offering.

James Bond for Women

This has been a fun and exciting read. It makes me think "James Bond for women!" Mary Jane is a former Air Force fighter pilot who reached the rank of Major before being discharged over her refusal to wear a veil while stationed in Saudi Arabia. Fate plays funny tricks tho and Mary finds herself back in Saudi Arabia wearing an entire burqua (or black bag) while repossessing a Boeing 747 from the hands of a Saudi prince. Jesus Martinez is her partner and co pilot in getting this mansion with wings off the ground and out of the country before the prince or Arabian authorities can realize what is happening. There are disguises, fake passports, major amounts of money changing hands, and suspicious characters left and right. Mary and Jesus even agree to a bit of human trafficking in a way. A French man has been held in Saudi Arabia against his will due to a construction misunderstanding and Mary and Jesus have been asked to take him on as a passenger. As if the stakes are not high enough, the prince's wife approaches Mary asking for help leaving Saudi Arabia as well. Even tho the 747 can carry 400 passengers, things just may get a bit crowded as the risks get riskier. The intrigue doesn't stop with the repossession of the plane.. rather things get even more exciting as Mary and Jesus have an angry husband and prince on their tail, money and gold bars to get thru customs, and possibly a fake aircraft lease. Superb and fun. I would love to see this made into a series, more aircraft repo adventures involving Mary Jane and Jesus Martinez.

Great read

'Plane Jane' is a great enjoyable easy read. Intrigue at a fast pace and another book hard to put down. Dick Juge The Historic Northwest Passage and the CGC STORIS: The story of a young man growing up in the Coast Guard in the 1950s