Absolute Altitude
Absolute Altitude
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Summary
Captures the high romance of aviation. This funny travel book offers insights into the thrills and perils of the pilot's seat - from a UN Cessna flying aid into a war zone, to aerobatics in a jet fighter, from chasing goats through NZ snowy mountains by helicopter, to touching the edge of the stratosphere in a Learjet.
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Absolute Altitude by Martin Buckley
In this exciting and unusual travel book, Martin Buckley journeys through many places, from Benbecula to Rarotonga, from Sudan to New Zealand, from Corsica to Tucson, Arizona - but the country he explores is a romantic and dangerous place that seduces all who travel there - the sky. Three years ago, Martin Buckley gained a pilot's licence, and set off to 'hitch-hike' by plane around the world. His encounters with a range of sometimes eccentric and always obsessive pilots led to aid flights through war zones in a UN Cessna, aerobatics in a jet fighter, chasing goats across snowy mountains by helicopter and touching the edge of the stratosphere in a Learjet. The result is a wholly original travel book, free-spirited and often very funny, weaving a bird's-eye view of aviation's peculiar history into the narrative and offering intimate insights into the passion and perils of the pilot's seat.
Buckley is a born storyteller * Observer *
His stories are extraordinary-he tells them with the kind of boyish excitement that's a world away from airport check-in queues * The Times *
Read Absolute Altitude for the sensitivity and shrewdness with which Buckley describes people he encountersHe has an unerring instinct for remarkable lives behind ordinary exteriors * Independent *
Buckley writes wonderfully well, with a novelists ear for dialogue * Evening Standard *
His stories are extraordinary-he tells them with the kind of boyish excitement that's a world away from airport check-in queues * The Times *
Read Absolute Altitude for the sensitivity and shrewdness with which Buckley describes people he encountersHe has an unerring instinct for remarkable lives behind ordinary exteriors * Independent *
Buckley writes wonderfully well, with a novelists ear for dialogue * Evening Standard *
Martin Buckley has lived in France, Italy, Turkey and India and has worked as a journalist and broadcaster in over forty countries. He is married with one young son and currently divides his time between London and Corsica. He is the author of Grains of Sand and An Indian Odyssey.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780099273523 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099273527 |
| Title | Absolute Altitude |
| Author | Martin Buckley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-06-03 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |