The Road to Narromine Une aventure de la Life : dans les Air, sur la route et derrière une caméra
Edition: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Auteur:
Jim Richards
- en
- Broché
- 9781481070454
- 03 mai 2013
- 398 pages
Résumé
I never saw the wires. Those opening words introduce a potentially-deadly sailplane crash, from which, by a twist of fate, the author escapes unharmed. From that near-death experience to the poignant final farewell scene, Jim Richards first-person story, with its audacious choices, unswerving determination, and joy in the doing is a page-turner.With vivid descriptions, optimism and wry humor the author traces his lifelong fascination with aircraft, taking the reader behind the scenes in radio, advertising and on high-action commercial film shoots involving refueling tankers, jet fighters, helicopters, Concorde and, of course, sailplanes. For the author, learning to fly sailplanes at Narromine, New South Wales, was at first befuddling, then a challenge, finally an exultation. With an unrivaled eye for detail, he takes us into the cockpit with him; we are there at the controls, rising like a bird, flying great distances at speed, powered only by the sun. Richly textured with anecdotes, memorable characters and pulse-quickening action, The Road To Narromine will lift your spirits, re-awaken belief in a glass half full and change forever the way you view a summer sky.Loved the descriptions of flying and the sheer joy of it comes through beautifully. Jim Richards makes me want to get up there in the thermals with him. Carl Hoffmanbest-selling author of The Lunatic Express and Hunting WarbirdsThe Road To Narromine is a love storya story about a love of flying, told with infectious enthusiasm, in brilliant, evocative prose. This is a book that delights, surprises and enchants the reader with its subjects flame for life. Clinton Smithaward-winning author of The God Game, The Fourth Eye, Exit Alpha, Deep Six and Project Thunder . . . truly captures the beauty and mystery of silent flight. Full of inside details, vast panoramas and human interest . . . about much more than just the flying. I want to drive that road! Tony Koesterauthor, columnist, editor, sailplane pilot, flying instructor.
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- en
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- Broché
- Date de sortie initiale
- 03 mai 2013
- Nombre de pages
- 398
- Illustrations
- Non
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- Auteur principal
- Jim Richards
- Editeur principal
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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- 152 mm
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- 152 mm
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- 229 mm
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- 229 mm
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- 531 g
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- 9781481070454
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