Football Flyboy: First Lt. Bill Cannon, Piloting More than His Own Aircraft

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Does a good man’s life end at his death? The answer for daughter Lisa Reinicke was, “No.” Her father was known by many names: Buster, Bill, Billy, Dad, and the Football Flyboy. His deeds, no matter how small, should be passed down to family, friends, and anyone looking for inspiration, and life-lessons from one who worked, lived and part of the Greatest Generation. The Football Flyboy was young, newlywed and a pilot in WWII. He was a good man. One weekend morning, she determined that his spirit should not stay silent just because his mouth could no longer speak words. “I open my dad’s old air force footlocker - still solid, battleship grey, weathered, and a little rough from travel and age. His name is in white lettering on the front: First Lt William R Cannon.” What she discovered were yellowed envelopes bound in twine - hundreds of them - that her father had written to her mother. Letters written daily during the last year of WWII and received by his bride. Her daily letters disappeared - only three times during the year, did the “mailman” catch up with him and teased with just a few of the hundreds. “Before reaching inside, there was a feeling of the hands of time grabbing onto my heart, knowing that this was such a huge part of not only his life but my mom’s as well.” Meet Bill “Buster” Cannon, the Football Flyboy … a good man with a good life who made a difference.

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Lisa Reinicke is the majority holder of Our House Publications and author of 4 published children’s picture books for sale on Amazon and independent book stores. Lisa was honored with the Mom's Choice Gold Award for lifetime literary excellence for her children's book "Wings and Feet in 2017. She is a storyteller and author of 35 children’s stories appearing on local TV shows, elementary schools, and bookstores. The stories have been published in 3 collective recordings for distribution for A Goodnight Sleep Company. She also produced online (virtual) training for service advisors and technicians. Lisa served as head writer and on-camera talent in the videos. Her books are entertaining yet focus on social issues that engage children and parents to discuss. Her four children were all uniquely different ranging from physical differences, adoption, and physiological disorders that lead her following experts in each field to help children overcome the stigma around being different. Lisa passionately works raising money for charities that improve children’s lives physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

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This Flying is Something Else

Since writing this book, I have been digging into the letters written while Dad was in Cadet school. What I have uncovered is that Dad loved flying. Within the first 30 minutes of his airborne instruction he wrote, "Hey Baby, this flying is something else." His logbooks show that he had 160 hours of flight time in his school. After which he was given a C46 airplane and sent overseas. Within that first year during the war he flew around the world. Starting off from Austin,TX, then to Bangor Maine. They fought weather struggling to get from Labrador, to Greenland, then onto Iceland. From there Scotland, France, Karachi, Baghdad, Egypt, and Shanghai. Onto the Philippines and around back to San Francisco. Yes Pop- that flying is something else.

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Football Flyboy: First Lt. Bill Cannon, Piloting More than His Own Aircraft

We flew over some pretty rough terrain coming up this far and the worst is yet to come. I don’t know if we will get out of here tomorrow. I would hate to stay here very long.

It was raining pretty hard only a few minutes ago but now the sun is shining. One boy is here that was supposed to leave 3 weeks ago. He needed a new tail wheel and some more parts but they haven’t arrived yet.

Football Flyboy: First Lt. Bill Cannon, Piloting More than His Own Aircraft

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Lisa Reinicke

Football Flyboy: First Lt. Bill Cannon, Piloting More than His Own Aircraft

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Author Biography

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This Flying is Something Else

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Football Flyboy: First Lt. Bill Cannon, Piloting More than His Own Aircraft

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