Rubber Suits & Lukewarm Soup (Paperback)


."."don't read this review, just log on to Amazon and buy this book" - Flyer Magazine .."this book is well-written and engaging" - Pilot Magazine. All author proceeds donated to the Douglas Bader Foundation. A desire to become a professional pilot against the odds and without the benefit of wealthy relatives leads to a journey through some unusual jobs including theft investigator, car salesman, loans agent, and finance company repo man. When the opportunity to join an airline is abruptly halted by bureaucracy, a determination to continue flying results in an accidental career as one of the busiest oceanic ferry pilots in the world. Fly along on nine very different delivery flights and experience the literal highs and lows of these dangerously exciting journeys across our oceans. Read about flights from dirt tracks in Russia, fuel leaks in Iceland, mechanical issues in war-torn Africa, low fuel across the Pacific and flying through the waves of the Atlantic Ocean!

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."."don't read this review, just log on to Amazon and buy this book" - Flyer Magazine .."this book is well-written and engaging" - Pilot Magazine. All author proceeds donated to the Douglas Bader Foundation. A desire to become a professional pilot against the odds and without the benefit of wealthy relatives leads to a journey through some unusual jobs including theft investigator, car salesman, loans agent, and finance company repo man. When the opportunity to join an airline is abruptly halted by bureaucracy, a determination to continue flying results in an accidental career as one of the busiest oceanic ferry pilots in the world. Fly along on nine very different delivery flights and experience the literal highs and lows of these dangerously exciting journeys across our oceans. Read about flights from dirt tracks in Russia, fuel leaks in Iceland, mechanical issues in war-torn Africa, low fuel across the Pacific and flying through the waves of the Atlantic Ocean!

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Lulu.Com

Country of origin

United States

Release date

May 2017

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Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

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Dimensions

210 x 148 x 13mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

254

ISBN-13

978-1-387-02479-7

Barcode

9781387024797

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LSN

1-387-02479-5



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