Snake pilot

I did not buy (YET!) this book, but looks really interesting:
http://books.google.it/books?id=LOLtihONT4MC&dq=snake+pilot&pg=PP1&ots=xyMdV5m-ID&source=bn&sig=P2QAdsTYMvUaB2xguMbpM9GXiSE&hl=it&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA3,M1