Potato / Moses Lake Flight Center

RockfordというChicago近郊の街に住むハーフジャパニーズアメリカンの青年二人が、ワシントン州Moses Lake市に日本の航空機メーカが作ったFlight Test Centerで成長するストーリーを完全英語小説として描きました。

航空業界のサプライチェーン（調達業務）の一端も学べます。

帰国子女でない普通のサラリーマンが、翻訳ツールを使わず、受験英語だけで書いてますので、わかりにくいスラングもなく、読みやすい内容と思います。

小説化した思いは、お世話になったアメリカ人女性が亡くなったことを記憶に残して置きたかったことが理由です。日本の方だけでなく、アメリカ人の方に読んでもらうべく、拙い英語で記載しました。

Fictionですが、一部多くのメディアで叩かれたつづけた某機体開発プロセスが一端が臨場感もって伝わると思います。当開発に携わったものとして、肯定的に描いてます。

以下、目次（CHAPTERS）と英語概略つけますので、興味がある方はAmazon kindleページからどうぞ。

https://www.amazon.co.jp/Potato-Moses-Flight-Center-Novel-ebook/dp/B08ZYK92RL/ref=sr_1_9?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&dchild=1&keywords=potato&qid=1617020875&s=books&sr=1-9

CHAPTERS

≪Preface≫

≪1.Robert and Hiro≫
Sky is continued, but land is actually more connected.

≪2.National parks≫
Life is accumulation of memories.

≪3.New life at Moses Lake≫
This is my way of life and Home is where you can make it.

≪4.Work has begun≫
Even hardest things become easy.

≪5.Summer and beginning of love≫
Life is better when we are laughing.

≪6. Thanksgiving≫
Memory is connecting to family.

≪7.Farewell≫
Time heals all wounds.

≪8.Ice season≫
There are always light behind Fogs.

≪9.Ending≫
Road is not thing to find, it is just continued from the minute which one was born, and it is also to connected to somewhere even if we hope.

≪Afterword≫

Preface

With great thanks to Sherry Dompier, my colleague and mother in America, who gave me delight and good word” Life is better when we are laughing.”

The people

Robert ; He is born in Rockford, Illinoi.24 years old. He is half Japanese American having Japanese Mother and Italian father.

Hiro ; Robert’s childhood best friend. He is also half Japanese American and having Japanese father and American mother.

Lisa ; Robert’s girlfriend. She is working in Chicago.

Ane-san ; Director of supply chain management group at Moses Lake flight center

Ito-san ; Manager of supply chain management group at Moses Lake flight center

Linda ; Skilled buyer of supply chain management group at Moses Lake flight center. She is American lady having 2 sons.

Russel ; Program Manager at Moses Lake flight center

Sofia ; Moses Lake high school senior student

≪Summary≫

This novel is the story of Half Japanese American's growth at Moses lake Washington's test flight center.
It can be learned about a part of supply chain management work.