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Absolute Altitude

By Martin Buckley

Absolute Altitude

By Martin Buckley

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In this exciting and unusual travel book Martin Buckley journeys through many places from Benbecula to Rarotonga from Sudan to New Zealand from Corsica to Tucson Arizona - but the country he explores is a romantic and dangerous place that seduces all who travel there - the sky.
Three years ago Martin Buckley gained a pilot's licence and set off to 'hitch-hike' by plane around the world. His encounters with a range of sometimes eccentric and always obsessive pilots led to aid flights through war zones in a UN Cessna aerobatics in a jet fighter chasing goats across snowy mountains by helicopter and touching the edge of the stratosphere in a Learjet.
The result is a wholly original travel book free-spirited and often very funny weaving a bird's-eye view of aviation's peculiar history into the narrative and offering intimate insights into the passion and perils of the pilot's seat.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2014-11-10
Publication Date:
2014-11-10
Publisher:
Vintage
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1784700649
ISBN13:
9781784700645
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
364 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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