Confessions and Memoirs of an Airline Pilot

About the Book

Captain Enrique (Henry) Horta was born the third child of the Horta Family in Ventura California. He lived in various places such as, Los Angeles, San Diego, Mexico, Germany, Mauritius, New Zealand, Japan and Jordan.

While spending some of his teen years in Mexico he learned about survival and the importance of appreciating and doing the best of what resources he had.

When he returned to California he was a skinny kid with dreams and plans to be a Pilot, traveler and adventurer. 

His wild dreams of becoming an Astronaut and going to the moon where replaced by more realistic dreams such as wanting to become an Airline Pilot.

When he turned 18 years old he parted from his parents and had to join the working rat race starting out as a bag-boy at a local Safeway store. His plans to finish College were halted by his traveling bug so he took a break from school, sold his motorcycle, and went back-packing to Europe with only $1,000 Dollars in his pocket, a Euro-Pass train Ticket for a month, and a return airplane ticket home. Unexpected fatherhood in Germany at a young age made him become more responsible and serious about his dreams. When he returned to California he was now a young family man while working as a carpenter in construction and attending evening University and Flight School on weekends. His positive thinking methods, scholarships, grants, and student loans paid off and he graduated with an Airway Science Degree in addition to all his Pilot ratings and Certificates. Thereafter, his life became more of an adventure and he travelled around the world working for various Airlines as a Contract Pilot.

About the Author

Captain Enrique (Henry)  Horta is a 1960s California native and has been  involved in the Airline Industry as an Airline Pilot since 1992. He first started flying small Cessnas in 1986, has flown for six Airlines around the world and is a  Boeing 747 Captain for an Asian Carrier. His knowledge in the industry is very vast,  in addition to his worldly experience in other fields, five languages,  and ancient  History. Pilot errors caused by Accumulated Fatigue and Airline related security risks are also covered in his book as his own opinions only.

He has traveled around the world as a Backpacker and as a Pilot, Sailor and Surfer. He shares his experiences growing up in a bilingual middle class family, his dreams of becoming a Pilot, and his efforts in achieving all of his childhood dreams on his own. His humorous way of storytelling about his traveling adventures and  his love for women along his  exciting life, in addition to his creative advise and positive thinking methods are an inspiration to all future dreamers of life, adventure and passionate living.

He is also a certified Sea Captain and presently continues to fly for a living,  keeps himself busy being a family man with his kids, and still surfs and sails on his free time.

Confessions and Memoirs of an Airline Pilot is his first book  about his life, his Aviation Career, his views on Airline Safety and his sailing experiences across the Pacific Ocean. In addition, he includes his own personal  accounts of UFO encounters and expresses his open minded views about other mysteries of this Earth.