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Rescue Pilot

2016-10-03 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2016-10-03
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 063/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Rescue Pilot by : John Funnell

Download or read book Rescue Pilot written by John Funnell. This book was released on 2016-10-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daring adventures of a New Zealand search and rescue pilot. 'Somewhere, up ahead, a person is bleeding, but you have to put that out of your mind. Your job is negotiating with time and space. You have your clock, that person has their own, and in the end, whether the rate at which your clock is clicking matches theirs is out of your control.' John Funnell is one of New Zealand's longest serving search and rescue pilots. Often referred to as a 'search and rescue daredevil', John has just retired after an incredible 49 years flying search and rescue helicopters. He is perhaps best-known for the 800-kilometre mission to save a scientist attacked by a shark on the remote sub-Antarctic Campbell Island, when he set off into the night knowing the distance was twice that of the helicopter's normal fuel range. Clocking an incredible 19,000 hours of flight time, John is a hero to hundreds of victims all over New Zealand. What's more, he's a natural-born story-teller, and his stories in Rescue Pilot are utterly gripping.

Rescue Pilot

2015-03-12 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2015-03-12
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 960/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Rescue Pilot by : Jerry Grayson

Download or read book Rescue Pilot written by Jerry Grayson. This book was released on 2015-03-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerry Grayson is an ordinary man who chose an extraordinary career. At age 17 he became the youngest helicopter pilot to ever serve in the Royal Navy. By age 25 he was the most decorated peacetime naval pilot in history. For the Navy's Search and Rescue pilots, getting to work is both an adventure and an ordeal. Whether rescuing a wounded fighter pilot who has ditched in the sea, saving desperate survivors from a sinking ship, or picking up a grievously ill crewman from the deck of a nuclear-armed submarine that is playing a cat-and-mouse game with the Soviet navy, Jerry Grayson has lived a life of unparalleled excitement and adventure. His finest hour came during the infamous Fastnet Yacht Race of 1979 in which 25 yachts were lost. When a catastrophic storm enveloped the competitors he and his crew pushed their Wessex helicopter to its absolute limits and put their own lives at risk, flying into hurricane-force winds to winch shipwrecked sailors from heaving tempestuous seas. An investiture at Buckingham Palace with Her Majesty the Queen was the result. Being a Rescue Pilot is a fast-paced career because there is no choice. Lives are at stake and pilots must move and think fast. Jerry Grayson's inside view of this heroic service is as inspirational as it is celebratory. Excitingly told, frequently funny but also very poignant, Jerry's story is not an account of just one man's deeds, it is a salute to all the men and women he worked with who were able to turn tragedies into triumphs. Includes a Foreword by HRH The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm.

Rescue Pilot

2002 Helicopter pilots
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Release : 2002
Genre : Helicopter pilots
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Book Rating : 191/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Rescue Pilot by : Dan McKinnon

Download or read book Rescue Pilot written by Dan McKinnon. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naval aviator Dan McKinnon recounts the dramatic at-sea rescues conducted during his anything-but-peaceful peacetime service in the US Navy from 1956-1959. Rescue accounts include an ejected test-pilot; a crew member washed overboard their air carrier flight deck; and an amazing mission in the Red China Seas. The long shipboard assignments common to Navy history of time period are also portrayed along with details of flight training and survival training.

Heart of the Storm

2004-04-23 History
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Release : 2004-04-23
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 361/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Heart of the Storm by : Colonel Edward L. Fleming

Download or read book Heart of the Storm written by Colonel Edward L. Fleming. This book was released on 2004-04-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advance praise for Heart of the Storm "Col. Ed Fleming tells a story of true heroism about the constant dangers faced by the pilots and crews who fly the most versatile-and vulnerable-aircraft in the skies today." -John Glenn, former U.S. senator, astronaut, and bestselling author of John Glenn: A Memoir "To risk your life to save a stranger is the highest mark of a human being. Ed Fleming is such a man, and this book is a great read." -Dr. Jerri Nielsen, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Ice Bound "Filled with suspense and emotion, Heart of the Storm reads like a thriller-but it's all true. Ed Fleming has led a dramatic and interesting life, and this book portrays it in living color." -Robert K. Tanenbaum, New York Times bestselling author of Resolved and Absolute Rage

Pilot Your Own Rescue Helicopter

2007 Toy and movable books
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Release : 2007
Genre : Toy and movable books
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Book Rating : 785/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Pilot Your Own Rescue Helicopter by : Beckie Williams

Download or read book Pilot Your Own Rescue Helicopter written by Beckie Williams. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children will love 'playing pilot' with this magnetic wand book. Follow the rhyming story and manoeuvre the magnetic helicopter through eleven exciting scenes. A fun way to improve hand-eye coordination skills and encourage imaginative play.

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