Ron Strauss began his career as a pilot after working on C-141s during the Vietnam War as a flight engineer.  He was initially hired by an airline to fly the Convair 990, but also flew the Convair 880 during jobs with different airlines in the early 1970s.  In 1975, Ron was hired to fly Elvis’ personal Convair 880,   the Lisa Marie, which he used to tour the US for two years before his death in 1977 Ron's life is the subject of a new book  written by award winning author Sally Hoedel The Title is  Destined to Fly From Iowa to Elvis I’m delighted to say that Ron joins me on the show today to share his memories of working as Elvis personal pilot To purchase the book Destined to Fly visit www.elvisauthor.com or www.strictlyelvis.net