Heart of the Storm (Hardcover)

From the "perfect storm" to the South Pole, a stirring true-life adventure story by a celebrated helicopter rescue pilot During the course of a 30-year career in helicopter rescue, Colonel Edward Fleming led scores of high-risk, high-profile missions, including rescue operations during the Halloween storm of 1991 described in Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm and the successful rescue of Dr. Jerri Nielsen from Antarctica after she developed breast cancer. Now, Colonel Fleming takes readers along for a bracing ride as he recounts the most thrilling episodes of his long career. With all the nail-biting excitement of a bestselling thriller, Heart of the Storm brings to life dramatic jungle rescues in the Philippines, the longest helicopter rescue mission in history to save crew members of a Ukrainian freighter 840 miles off of the coast of Nova Scotia, a nearly disastrous rescue off a listing two-masted schooner during an Atlantic winter storm, and many more - including the ill-fated "perfect storm" operation of 1991 and the exceptionally difficult Dr. Nielsen rescue. Fleming describes the many near-misses and narrow escapes he and his crews experienced, as well as many tragic loss

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2004
First published:	April 2004
Authors:	Edward L. Fleming
Dimensions:	250 x 170 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-471-26436-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > General Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > Aviation skills / piloting Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-471-26436-9
Barcode:	9780471264361

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