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Flying The Frontiers Volume II, A Half Million Hours of Aviation Adventure
Climb aboard and get ready for takeoff on an extraordinary journey with some of Canada's most striking storytellers—our pilots. Flying The Frontiers Volume II, More Hours of Aviation Adventure, presents true life tales of professional and pleasure pilots, engineers and many others who push beyond the traditional boundaries. This volume continues the story of a disappearing era as aviation brings the trappings of modern life into the back of beyond, leaving fewer frontiers. It shows the impact of these explorations on both the environment and the people who make the bush and the barrens their home.
These are stories of people who view our country from the air, men and women in love with flying and with the unique challenges that flying brings to them—negotiating a landing among ice floes in the Arctic Ocean, maintaining and repairing airplanes in 60-below weather, converting World War II reconnaissance planes to fire-fighting vehicles, hauling 7 million day-old chicks to Cuba or seeding clouds for the Shah of Iran.
Detselig Enterprises, Calgary, AB, 1996
ISBN 1-55059-131-2
New Suggested
List price: $19.95 CDN
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fiction and Non-fiction
Canadian Adventure Books
Copyright 2000-2010
Shirlee Smith Matheson
page date Jan 09, 2015
Reviews: “Bush Pilots Should Never Fly From Our Memory” “What makes this book unique is that Matheson has not only zoomed in on the bush eagles, who developed flying techniques undreamed of by aviators in the more civilized parts of the world, but also presented the stories of people who played supportive, yet important roles: engineers, aircraft mechanics, radio operators. . . . Still, the chances are that where wilderness survives, a pioneering pilot will turn up, ready and eager to be of assistance – and to retell a few good yarns in the bargain.” Jacek Malec, The Calgary Herald, p. B11, Aug. 31/96
“Canada’s Contribution” “The author has chosen some true Canadian characters to highlight, and the descriptions of her subjects are so complete that if feels like the reader has purchased 17 complete biographies instead of just one book with 17 chapters. It is evident that a lot of time and effort went into the research and writing of this book. The result is worth the reader’s attention. . . . Overall, it’s an entertaining and enjoyable book, especially if you like reading about flying almost as much as actually doing it yourself.” Jennifer Gwosdof, Private Pilot, USA, Feb./.97
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