Download or read book Self flying the Australian Outback written by Barbara L. Feader and published by . This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book, Feader talks about the amazing experience of flying over vast portions of Australia with only a few navigational aids and a single engine for fifteen days. During the plane safari, she flew with five other planes over the eastern half of Australia from Melbourne (Victoria), going west across to Ayers Rock (Northern Australia), northeast to the Gulf of Carpenteria (Queensland), east to Cairns on the Pacific Coast, then south towards the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea. The author and her companions later re-entered the mainland at Mackay where they flew southeast across New South Wales and by the time they arrived at Melbourne, their safari ended with a grand total distance of almost four thousand miles. Along the way, the author reveals interesting moments, such as what it was like landing on islands down the Great Barrier Reef, encountering vast wilderness in the Australian Outback, reaching landmarks in central Australia that most people never get the chance to visit, and the experience of landing at sheep stations where the Royal Flying Doctors land to take care of people who were sick and wounded in remote areas"--Publisher.
Download or read book Australia Outback Flying Adventures written by Elbert Lacer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Outback is the colloquial name for the vast, unpopulated, and mainly arid areas that comprise Australia's interior and remote coasts. The Red Centre, in the Northern Territory, exemplifies the Outback. Its gateway is the isolated town of Alice Springs and its landmarks include Uluru, Australia's iconic red-rock monolith. In the north, Kakadu National Park has Aboriginal rock paintings and billabong oxbow lakes. Kindle book with photographs of vintage aircraft that operated in and over Central Australia in the 1920s and 30's. de Haviland Gipsy, Giant Moth, Avro Avian MklV, Anec all. The futile aerial search by Lasseter for his Lost Gold Reef resulted in his death. The interior survey of Australia by Donald MacKay at his own expense, the flight from Melbourne to Darwin by Lady Finola Somers, only a month after gaining her Aviator's Certificate, and the epic retracing of Bert Hinkler's solo flight from England to Australia by Lang Kidby OEM.
Download or read book The Bush Pilots written by Time-Life Books and published by Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the personalities, planes and experiences of bush pilots flying in the Canadian wilderness, the Australian outback, the jungles of New Guinea and Latin America and the frozen land of Alaska.
Download or read book When You See the Emu in the Sky written by Elizabeth Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying to escape from grief over the death of her husband, Elizabeth Fuller embarks with her 12-year-old son on a journey to the Australian Outback. Seeking answers she has no questions for, she finds herself a participant in "the most meaningful and exciting adventure on earth". In this other world, when her heart seems most wrenched and she feels most out of place, Fuller enters through a gateway to comfort and love.
Download or read book The Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories written by Bill Marsh and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, Bill Marsh's terrific collection of outback yarns centred on the Royal Flying Doctor Service are available in one bumper volume. the Royal Flying Doctor Service is a unique icon of Australian culture. Since its beginnings with the Reverend John Flynn in 1928, the RFDS has helped build our nation. the Flying Doctors, and the remote stations and communities that they serve, have become enduring symbols of what it means to be Australian. the Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories is a fascinating, moving and often hilarious collection of true stories about the life in the Australian Outback. Hear of those whose very lives depend on the Royal Flying Doctor Service, like the man suffering from extreme burns who rode his motorbike eighteen kilometres back across his property to get help while opening and closing every gate along the way because you 'always leave gates as you find them'. Out here, stoicism and a sense of humour go hand in hand, as in the case of the stockman with a compound leg fracture who, when asked by the Flying Doctor if it hurt, replied, 'Oh, it itches a bit.'through fog, lightning, thunder, flooding rains and dust storms, the Flying Doctor braves the elements to get to the remote outback landing strips where they're needed ... and the tales they live to tell will have you shaking your head in amazement.
Download or read book Australia written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each information-packed page is splashed with enticing photographs of the people, animals, deserts, and ocean vistas that make the country Down Under famous the world over. Full-color maps and at-a-glance tables make it easy to sort through dining and accommodation choices.
Download or read book The Art of Flying Crooked written by Robin Liston and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel writer Robin Liston and publisher and amateur pilot Rory McAuliffe conceived the idea of visiting twenty six outback places beginning with the letters A to Z. This book tells of their exciting journey.
Download or read book Alaska s First Bush Pilots 1923 30 written by Jim Rearden and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows the careers of Alaska's pioneering pilots, who, with cranky open-cockpit biplanes, started the great change in Alaska's way of travel. Aviation first arrived at Fairbanks, the trade center of mainland Alaska, from which dog sled trails spider-web to mines, villages, and trap-lines. During winters, goods and people traveled mostly by dog sled. During the summer of 1923 Ben Eielson was the first to fly commercially from Fairbanks, ferrying passengers and light freight with an open cockpit Jenny (JN4) biplane. It was the beginning of the leap from ground travel to the air. Noel Wien was the next. In the summers of 1924-26 he flew open cockpit biplanes from Fairbanks. Starting in 1927, he flew a cabin biplane year-around on scheduled flights in the 579 miles between Fairbanks and Nome. In March, 1929, Wien flew from Alaska to the Elisif, an ice-locked trading schooner in Siberia, to return with a load of valuable furs. In the following November, Ben Eielson repeated this flight to the Nanuk, another ice-bound trading schooner in Siberia. And when he and his mechanic, Earl Borland returned for a second load of Siberian fur, their Hamilton airplane disappeared in a winter snowstorm. This brought on one of the most famous, and difficult aerial searches ever made from and in Alaska. By the 1930s, Alaska's growing aviation industry had revolutionized transportation in the Territory. This volume is a fond look back at the triumphs and tragedies of the pioneering Ben Eielson, Noel Wien, Harold Gillam, Joe Crosson, Ed Young, and others, the great pilots who were the first bush pilots of Alaska.
Download or read book Finding My Self Love written by Kim Orlesky and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a love story about a woman finding herself and self-love. Sometimes we have to lose everything and do what makes us happy in the moment to realize the most important things in our life and what we really never want to live without. I took my daily blogall the highs and lows, all the people I met, all the racy momentsand turned it into a book. I hope to inspire people to travel the world, travel solo, and no matter how bad the heartbreak is, things will always get better. Kim currently lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She has a four-year-old Weimaraner dog, who she absolutely adores.
Download or read book My Most Memorable Flights written by Archer Ramon Archer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous exciting and breathtaking flying experiences have been described by the author. His extensive travel adventures in the US, Canada, Australia, Fiji and Hawaii have also been captured in this writing.
Download or read book A Journey Into the Australian Outback written by Warren Dent and published by Krandis. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Outback, the unexpected is always expected. The land is wild and inhospitable. Man has no business here. But he ventures here anyway, and often pays the highest price of unwelcomeness. Even the native animals make themselves scarce in this unwatered country. But man's inherent penchant to explore brings him here anyway. And so it was for two of us who wanted to touch the edge of the Never-Never-Land. The iconic Birdsville Track has long represented a major challenge of macho manliness. Year after year it has claimed victims with its insatiable thirst for inexperienced newcomers who thought they were fearless and could survive whatever was thrown their way. Only to find their self-beliefs were false as they perished in the scorching sun's rays and the searing winds that blew the sand dunes to new locations. Like others, we tried to be better prepared and fully ready for the unexpected. Even so, when it hit us, it became the scariest moment ever experienced in our fragile lives. This story dates back 50 years. Much has changed in the interior of Australia since then. A graded dirt road now exists between Birdsville and Marree, and well organized Eco-tours allow one to explore the back country in safety. Living and traveling conditions were a lot harder and riskier half a century ago. There were no cell phones for communication, just limited two-way radio in the ranchers' homes, but not for those passing through their realm. As a city-bred lad I was relatively ignorant of life 'beyond the black stump', so there were numerous mind-opening learnings from my trip. This memoir is carefully derived from notes made at the time. Added to the memories are the personal reflections and learnings from the trip that have impacted me positively over the ensuing years. In retrospect, our bold venture to the fringe of aborigine-only country was an amazing awakening to just how mere and vulnerable we mortals are.
Download or read book Reach for the Skies written by Richard Branson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's most famous business leaders (and a well-known avian fanatic) explores the pioneers of flight. Bestselling author and billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has always been obsessed with the skies. To promote a new Virgin Airlines route, he became the first man to water ski behind a blimp. His Virgin Galactic venture will soon offer ordinary people the opportunity to experience spaceflight aboard the first commercial spaceliner, SpaceShipTwo. In Reach for the Skies, Branson examines the history of aviation over the last two hundred years, putting the spotlight on trailblazers such as: *Tony Jannus, who made the first ever commercial flight over Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1914. *Leo Valentin, the "bird man" who jumped from 9,000 feet wearing a pair of wooden wings in the 1950s. *Steve Fossett, who broke 130 world records in planes, balloons, and airships. The pioneers of flight-not just the world-famous Wright Brothers, but also lesser known visionaries and dreamers-made it possible for any of us with the desire and the commitment to reach for the skies ourselves.
Download or read book Surviving Australia written by Sorrel Wilby and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visiting the Australian outback can be a wonderful experience, but it isn't all about boomerangs and koalas, kangaroos and didgeridoos. It can be a wild and dangerous place if you're not prepared. Here is the essential travel companion for enduring the toughest stuff this rugged continent can offer -- a veritable survivor's guide to managing the unexpected when you're Down Under. Renowned Australian adventurer and bestselling author Sorrel Wilby provides you with the basic lessons on negotiating your way through the bush, across the outback, over the top end, and into the surf and sea. You'll get important lifesaving information on: where you should and shouldn't be driving your Range Rover dealing with natural hazards like river crossings, bush fires, storms, and rips warding off snakes, scorpions, crocs, and sharks encountering Aboriginal people, Bushies, Eccentrics, and Surfers finding food and water treating heatstroke, hypothermia, and tropical infections identifying proper emergency radio frequencies and much more!
Download or read book My Most Memorable Flights written by Ramon Archer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous exciting and breathtaking flying experiences have been described by the author. His extensive travel adventures in the US, Canada, Australia, Fiji and Hawaii have also been captured in this writing.
Download or read book Magic Carpet Flying written by Pamela Ryan and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood lessons in rural Australia and later in Africa and Asia where she helped others tackle the darkness of mental illness, suicide, and large-scale tragedy arising from terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
Download or read book Flying written by Peter Clark and published by . This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Clark was for many years a sound operator for Television New Zealand, and in that capacity worked at many major events around the world. However, he has had another string to his bow - he has been a lifelong aviation addict and gradually this interest turned into more than a hobby. Today Clark is one of New Zealand's foremost commentators on the aviation industry. Over the last 30 years he has experienced an incredible number of aviation adventures and he has written about them in Flying. Among the experiences he recounts: * Travelling into the war zone in East Timor with the RNZAF. * Meeting John Travolta when the Hollywood star was a Qantas ambassador. * Flying to Antarctica with the RNZAF. * Travelling by Concorde. * Meeting former United States President Bill Clinton during his visit to New Zealand. * Taking over the controls of a plane from a sick pilot during one flight n New Zealand. * Flying to Greenland with the United States Air Force. * Chatting to French President Jacques Chirac during the launch of the Airbus in France in 2005. * Taking part in the final flight of the New Zealand Air Force's Skyhawks. * Tagging along on the Flying Doctor Service through the Australian outback. The book is divided into 34 chapters and all offer fascinating accounts of different parts of aviation. Peter is an exceptionally accomplished photographer and his photos are a highlight of the book. Because of the unprecedented access he has received in so many different aircraft all around the world, his photos offer insights never before seen.
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Australia written by DK Eyewitness and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to climb the Sydney harbor bridge, ride the perfect wave at Bondi Beach, watch the sun set over Ayers Rock, or stroll the cosmopolitan streets of Melbourne, this guide is your ultimate travel companion. The best places to visit in Australia are showcased with fantastic photography and detailed descriptions, plus DK's unique illustrations and floor plans. Packed with valuable insider information such as Sydney's best beaches and Melbourne's buzzing shopping districts, along with a wealth of practical tips including hotel and restaurant listings, transportation maps, suggested itineraries, and tours of unmissable sights, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Australia is the only guide you'll need. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Australia truly shows you this city as no one else can.