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Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > Aviation skills / piloting
Captain Two Voices, is an interesting, funny, and sometimes scary
account of 30 years plus, flying light aircraft of various types
and sizes in the skies above the UK, Europe and the Far East. From
the start, this memoir gives a fascinating insight in to the world
of light aircraft and aviation in general, and the freedom to see
the world below from the perspective of a bird. The author's
passion for flying, which started as a trial flying lesson gift, is
almost palpable when reading the exploits, which include close
encounters with French jet fighters, flying in the same airspace as
Concorde in its last year of flight, culminating in the author
taking control of an icon, and flying the Supermarine Spitfire in
the skies above West Sussex. Captain Two Voices may entice you to
try this hobby for yourself, or if you are a pilot, you may
recognise some of the situations and experiences both humorous and
sometimes not so. As the author says, "it is better to be on the
ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you
were on the ground".
Throughout 100-plus years of flight, Purdue University has
propelled unique contributions from pioneer educators, aviators,
and engineers who flew balloons into the stratosphere, barnstormed
the countryside, helped break the sound barrier, and left
footprints in lunar soil. Wings of Their Dreams follows the flight
plans and footsteps of aviation's pioneers and trailblazers across
the twentieth century, a path from Kitty Hawk to the Sea of
Tranquility and beyond. The book reminds readers that the first and
last men to land on the moon first trekked across the West
Lafayette, Indiana, campus on their journeys into the heavens and
history. This is the story of an aeronautic odyssey of imagination,
science, engineering, technology, adventure, courage, danger, and
promise. It is the story of the human spirit taking flight,
entwined with Purdue's legacy in aviation's history.
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