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Wow what an amazing experience that must have been!! I was on the edge of my seat through the whole book and couldn't put it down!! Man i had no idea about this part of your life. How scary that must have been for all of you. This book was fantastic and I tried to imagine being there and it's so incredible that you kept your composure through it all. My hat's off to you my friend. I truly enjoyed meeting you and touring the shop. Love the planes! I must say I'm very curious as well as to what happened to Juliet. Do you still have her? What was her fate after all you endured to rescue her from certain death. I'm dying to know!! Please!!!!

Durwood Thompson (Woody)

Hello Bobby,

I just finished reading this amazing saga and I am so thrilled that by GOD’S will you not only survived but accomplished the seemingly impossible!!!

Having lived and flown out of South Florida for the past 47 years and been witness firsthand to the craziness of that era I can truly appreciate what it took to succeed where so many others had failed. The Lear 24 was the most fun and challenging airplane I ever flew and also one of the most beautiful. Thank you for saving this amazing bird from a sad and certain demise.

Larry Davis Jupiter, Florida

Bobby,

I read your book 464 Juliet and had to let you know how much I enjoyed it.

I Just cannot tell you all the emotions that went through me reading 464 Juliet.

This is a wonderful book and you are a wonderful author and a very kind person that has been on a unusual life journey.

Loretta Frost Pell City, Al

Bobby,

I just finished 464 Juliet and WOW what a ride. Absolutely captivating story brought to life in your book! The attention to detail was amazing and the suspense kept me turning the pages.

Wishing you no more “mañana syndrome”. Thank you for sharing your story!!!

Monica Riggins

464 Juliet was an awesome read. I don’t sit still long enough to read very much and I had a hard time putting this book down. Bobby is a racing hero of mine and one of my other passions is aviation so I feel that I can relate to him a lot. That made the book more interesting for me personally but regardless of that it is a fantastic read.

Dave Giles AA/FA 605

I enjoyed the book very much. I hope others will read and be as proud of your dedication and resourcefulness as I was. Your friends that joined you in your quest to free 464Juliet must have made you very proud and humble,

friends like that are rare.

Bravo to all.

Paul Wolfe

Bobby,

I just wanted to let you know I finished your book last night. I could not put it down. Thank you again for sending me a copy, it was amazing. I’ll fly with you in a plane with a nose full of rocks anytime!

I would love to hear about all the “un-included” details one of these days. Let me know when you have time to chat.

Michael Belcher Akrapovic America

Bobby,

I’ve never met you, however, after reading 464 Juliet I feel like I know you. I cannot thank you enough for your prayers and thoughts and now, especially sending me “Learjet 464 Juliet”. I couldn’t put it down – waiting to see what happens manana! Interesting to know that when the box was delivered I was here at home. My former husband is a pilot and I spent over 20 years at Spirit of St. Louis airport as he increased his type ratings (ATP) from prop jets – my favorite King Air to Hawker, Beechjet, 6-3 and Lear. I thought the box was inadvertently sent here from Lear. But when I opened it I couldn’t believe it – an autographed, “Blessed” book written by you. Awesome!! And I love Lear’s. As his wife, I got to “tag along” for many trips so I already had some knowledge. I couldn’t wait to get started reading. You had me on the edge of my “pillow” and at one point I was there with you… well several times. Especially when you were retrieving the AVQ radar indicators – a gun pressed to your head – God was right there with you – he had to be. The entire book – how you lived through all of it, the determination you had, your strength and courage, unbelievable… but true. I was a wreck getting you to Aruba… ha. Every time when I thought “okay, this is it… finally!” another obstacle. Sort of like life in general. I am passing the book around (to close family only) until it is released, then I will buy copies as gifts. Yes, the book is that good! I must mention that your wife, Terry, is a saint! Since being diagnosed in May of 2009, my cancer has been gone. A very small (little finger nail size) piece came back in December of 2011 on my liver (outside) right lung. Limited and very small. One Three-day round of chemo left and that should be it! Because I do believe in God, I believe in myself and yes, I will make it (with God’s grace) happen! Clean and clear, you bobby wood, are a remarkable man! An inspiration to all. I expect to see you on the national news shows in TV sharing your experience, strength, and hope with the world via Learjet 464 Juliet. You and yours are on my daily prayer list – please keep praying for me I will not give up, ever!

Melodye

Bobby,

Just to recap- I was having dinner at a friends, and saw N464 Juliet on his coffee table. Being a private pilot(?), the cover peaked my interest. The host told me a little of your background and that made me realize that we were roaming the streets of Birmingham about the same time .So, I borrowed his copy and read a few chapters that evening. At 9AM the next morning I settled in a comfortable chair and started reading, , 8PM I closed the book, absolutely exhausted !!! I had been on every flight and rutted road with you, loathing every snake you had to deal with and cheering the good guys. DITTO to all of the superlatives in previous reviews-movie a must-truth more exciting than fiction. But from your observations regarding the children and poverty in Columbia, Bobby, I know you have wonderful heart. I now have a copy of 464 Juliet for my book shelf and a copy for my aviation friends. I look forward to flying your 182 simulator and a ride in your new 182 !!!

John Dunn Westover, AL

Bobby Wood’s new book: Learjet 464 Juliet is a riveting account of a man who is unwilling to let go of a dream even if it means certain death. At every turn he is faced with one obstacle after another which he must surmount. It’s not till the very end of the book do you find out if he succeeds or fails.

As I read through Learjet 464 Juliet I kept thinking this is such a visual book, it was like I was right in the moment with Bobby and his crew. As a novel it stands alone but to make things even better this book is based on Bobby's real life adventures in Columbia during 1980 which until now couldn’t be published.

You might ask why it couldn't be published until now? Well after you've read the book you will fully appreciate the sensitive nature of the information being revealed within the pages of Learjet 464 Juliet. Without a doubt this is one book that needs to be made into a motion picture.

I highly recommend Learjet 464 Juliet to anyone who enjoys fast paced novels filled with suspense, intrigue and adventure. It was a truly rewarding read and well worth my time.

Steve Johann Producer of The Hog Radio Show

Bobby, I really enjoyed every page of the book, reading it intensely as if I was there because I could really appreciate it. I was there in Santa Marta in National Jets lears several times while “Juliet” was there, I saw her with all the tires flat, I think that I have a picture of her next to my plane (one of NJI's 24's) as I recall, I just have to ask my wife to help me find that picture. I know that on one occasion I went down there on an air ambulance charter with this lady whose husband had been injured in a plane crash too. They took her to the hospital in an ambulance along with a doctor, and nurse but when I went upstairs to file the flight plan they started hassling us, saying that we did not have permission, and so forth, although I had the telex from Aerocivil in Bogota in my hand. A guy who in my memory very well fits your description of Barrata came out and said “that Learjet is not going anywhere”, and told the guards to “push it back next to the other one”. Well, they didn't as I immediately went to the terminal to call old Tom Boy in Ft. Lauderdale, and I think that I myself called Major Otalora, the D.O. of Aerocivil in Bogota to straighten it all out, although they still said that we were supposed to land in Barranquilla first to clear there before we proceeded to Santa Marta. Well after we had it all cleared out we waited for about three hours for the ambulance to get back but guess what without the patient nor his wife. They told us that we had permission to leave but that the patient was not going anywhere that day. So we left, and later when I asked the Doctor what happened he told me that from what he could make out the patient's wife, although she had brought some cash, started passing out hundred dollar bills but before she knew it ran out of cash before any serious money cut get into the big honcho's hands, and they denied his release.

I always hated to go to that Santa Marta hellhole, every time that I went upstairs to file the flight plan it looked like those guys up there were on dope, their eyes were always so red as I recall. I always tipped everybody good but although I speak Spanish there always seemed to be some problem or another, they looked at me like they always wanted more money.

The last few times that I was in SKSM, after Juliet was gone, was with this customer that NJI had, this tall good looking Colombian lady who lived in New York, and spoke perfect English. Her name was Marlene Davila, and she told me that her father was the Mayor of Santa Marta. Every time as she got off the plane there she started passing out twenty dollar bills to everybody, and on those flights everything went very smooth for us.

But like I said I really enjoyed every page of your book as I recognized some of the characters there such as Cowboy Jackson, Mel Cruder, Red Gargaly

(this is the right spelling of his name, I know because he gave me my CFI

back in 1968).

Dan Diz Weston, January 9, 2012

Hey Bobby,

I absolutely loved your book. I read it in one day and it was the best book I believe I have ever read!

I couldn't put it down I just kept wondering what was going to happen to you next. Even though I knew the ending since I see you every week at the shop.

I kept thinking is he going to be able to get back to his wife and children.

Linda Oliver Gilreath Printing & Signs, LLC