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White Water Landings

Author : J. M. Pett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320828215
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book White Water Landings written by J. M. Pett and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The silver bird straightened up and sank lower, lower, until it met the sea with a sleek spray that rushed past the windows in its fuselage. M’beriali – the imperial mail bird, as it became known in Swahili – had arrived!Imperial Airways’ man at Lindi, East Africa, was Geoffrey Pett, then just 22 years old. Selected as a Commercial Trainee aged eighteen, he was posted to the middle of Africa to look after the ground arrangements for the new ‘Empire’ Flying Boat Service between London and Cape Town/Durban. His Africa postings ranged between Alexandria, Egypt, on the Mediterranean coast, Juba, now in South Sudan, and Butiaba on Lake Albert, Uganda. His war years were as traffic superintendant at Cairo (and at RAF Wadi Saidna, Sudan), handling troop movements and other priority personnel on the civilian aircraft, as well as ensuring the ‘Horseshoe Route’ between South Africa and Australia operated at its turning point, Cairo. His career continued with the new British Overseas Airways Company, through BEA into British Airways, until ill-health retirement in 1968.Geoffrey was often sought out for his memoirs of Imperial Airways in Africa. After his death in 2005, he left a box of memorabilia including his photograph album and a set of tapes dictated between 1995 and 2004. His daughter, J M Pett, has produced this book to place the information out in the wider world. “The romance of the Golden Age of flying meets the romance of two people torn apart by war.”

White Water Landings

Author : Geoffrey Pett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781364398583
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book White Water Landings written by Geoffrey Pett and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The romance of pre-war commercial aviation meets the romance of a man separated by war from the woman he loves. White Water Landings is the memoir of Geoffrey Pett of his early days, his recruitment by Imperial Airways, and his career with the Empire Flying Boats in Africa. It's a vision of bygone days, from the luxury of airtravel in the Empire Flying Boats, to an undeveloped country, run by tribal chiefs within the governance of a fading British Empire. A Boy's Own adventure with planes, boats, elephants, spies and an amazing romance! With a forward by Professor Gordon Pirie, Deputy Director of the African Centre for Cities at Cape Town University and Editor of the Journal of Transport History, the book is a must for aviation historians, flying boat enthusiasts, lovers of family history and African adventure, and anyone who loves a good tale with honest people and a touch of romance.

White Water Landings

Author : J. Pett
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781508700388
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book White Water Landings written by J. Pett and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Water Landings - views of the Imperial Airways Africa service from the ground The silver bird straightened up and sank lower, lower, until it met the sea with a sleek spray that rushed past the windows in its fuselage. M'beriali - the imperial mail bird, as it became known in Swahili - had arrived! Imperial Airways' man at Lindi, East Africa, was Geoffrey Pett, then just 22 years old. Selected as a Commercial Trainee aged eighteen, he was posted to the middle of Africa to look after the ground arrangements for the new 'Empire' Flying Boat Service between London and Cape Town/Durban. His Africa postings ranged between Alexandria, Egypt, on the Mediterranean coast, Juba, now in South Sudan, and Butiaba on Lake Albert, Uganda. His war years were as traffic superintendant at Cairo (and at RAF Wadi Saidna, Sudan), handling troop movements and other priority personnel on the civilian aircraft, as well as ensuring the 'Horseshoe Route' between South Africa and Australia operated at its turning point, Cairo. His career continued with the new British Overseas Airways Company, through BEA into British Airways, until ill-health retirement in 1968. Geoffrey was often sought out for his memoirs of Imperial Airways in Africa. After his death in 2005, he left a box of memorabilia including his photograph album and a set of tapes dictated between 1995 and 2004. His daughter, J M Pett, has laboured over the contents, producing this book to place the information out in the wider world. More content and links to archive material are on the website http://whitewaterlandings.co.uk. Praise for White Water Landings: "a remarkable and significant piece of aviation and colonial history... shining through his memoirs is a capacity to 'make do'..., and the sense of the Imperial 'family' as a source of identity, support and obligation away from home. ... he reveals anxiety and frustration,cynicism for arbitrary authority... Told fondly, plainly and modestly, with touches of humour, Geoffrey's story reads easily and lingers long. The text is equally delightful as family history, autobiography, and colonial history." - Professor Gordon Pirie, Deputy Director of the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, and Editor of the Journal of Transport History "The romance of the Golden Age of flying meets the romance of two people torn apart by war."

White Water Landings

Author : Geoffrey Pett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320766913
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book White Water Landings written by Geoffrey Pett and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The silver bird straightened up and sank lower, lower, until it met the sea with a sleek spray that rushed past the windows in its fuselage. M'beriali - the imperial mail bird, as it became known in Swahili - had arrived! Imperial Airways' man at Lindi, East Africa, was Geoffrey Pett, then just 22 years old. Selected as a Commercial Trainee aged eighteen, he was posted to the middle of Africa to look after the ground arrangements for the new 'Empire' Flying Boat Service between London and Cape Town/Durban. His Africa postings ranged between Alexandria, Egypt, on the Mediterranean coast, Juba, now in South Sudan, and Butiaba on Lake Albert, Uganda. His war years were as traffic superintendant at Cairo (and at RAF Wadi Saidna, Sudan), handling troop movements and other priority personnel on the civilian aircraft, as well as ensuring the 'Horseshoe Route' between South Africa and Australia operated at its turning point, Cairo. His career continued with the new British Overseas Airways Company, through BEA into British Airways, until ill-health retirement in 1968. Geoffrey was often sought out for his memoirs of Imperial Airways in Africa. After his death in 2005, he left a box of memorabilia including his photograph album and a set of tapes dictated between 1995 and 2004. His daughter, J M Pett, has produced this book to place the information out in the wider world. "The romance of the Golden Age of flying meets the romance of two people torn apart by war."

White Water Safety and Rescue

Author : Franco Ferrero
Publisher : Pesda Press
ISBN 13 : 9780954706159
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book White Water Safety and Rescue written by Franco Ferrero and published by Pesda Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White water safety and rescue for canoeists, kayakers and rafters. A completely revised new edition now in full colour throughout. You can find presentation resources of the photos and illustrations below. The writing of this book started when I tried to put some notes together as course notes for the safety and rescue courses I was running at Plas y Brenin. It soon became clear what a huge topic it is and in sheer frustration I explained to a friend that I would have to write a book to cover it properly. His answer was, "Why don't you?" This is the result. I hope you find it enjoyable and informative. What's new in the 2nd Edition? Full colour and new photos throughout. The text has been completely revised and numerous small but significant improvements have been made. The principles of safety and rescue have been unified and the mneumonic CLAP adopted. This is to make it easier to remember them and fall in line with current practice in the teaching of white water safety. The rescue section has been reorganized to fit in more closely with the TRTTG 'low to high risk' model. The rafting sections have been completely rewritten by Geraint Rowlands. The chapter 'Planning a Descent' has been extended to cover factors to be considered when travelling abroad. One-handed signals as used by Paul O'Sullivan in his chapter in the BCU Canoe and Kayak Handbook have been adopted.

Landings

Author : Jenny Pattrick
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1869796926
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Landings written by Jenny Pattrick and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivid and evocative, this is a moving novel of a unique time and place from one of New Zealand's favourite authors. The Whanganui River at the turn of the twentieth century is a busy thoroughfare, taking sightseers through the spectacular landscape by paddle steamer and acting as highway for the sparse scatterings of settlements along its twisting length. The people who have made it their home are a diverse collection, from Samuel Blencoe, trying to forget his past life as a convict, to the hoteliers at Pipiriki, the nuns at Jerusalem, the Maori families, the Chinese market gardener and the farmers, like Danny and Stella, trying to tame the wild bush. There's also Bridie, the strange, silent girl, who haunts the banks of the river where the accident occurred that robbed her of her mind. Like the tributaries that trickle down the mountains and join the mighty river, so the lives of these people come together in this vivid and moving tale of a stunningly unique place.

White Water, Still Water

Author : A. Bosworth
Publisher : Pocket Books
ISBN 13 : 9780671299231
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book White Water, Still Water written by A. Bosworth and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 1978-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Steamboats and Ferries on the White River: a Hertage Revisited (p)

Author :
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781610754002
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Steamboats and Ferries on the White River: a Hertage Revisited (p) written by and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing

Author : Andrew Jamison
Publisher : A Healthy Life Press
ISBN 13 : 9781939267405
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing written by Andrew Jamison and published by A Healthy Life Press. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author was flying standby on US Airways Flight 1549 toward Charlotte on January 15, 2009, from New York City, where he had been interviewing for a medical residency position. Little did he know that the next stop would be the Hudson River. Riveting and inspirational, this book would be especially helpful for people in need of hope and encouragement.

Report

Author : United States Geographic Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report written by United States Geographic Board and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

White Water

Author : P. J. Petersen
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780689806643
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book White Water written by P. J. Petersen and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greg confronts his own fears and assumes a leadership role when his father is bitten by a rattlesnake during a white-water rafting trip.

Whitewater, Quietwater

Author : Bob Palzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Whitewater, Quietwater written by Bob Palzer and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Charon's Landing

Author : Jack Du Brul
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780451412119
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Charon's Landing written by Jack Du Brul and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-01-03 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years ago, a secret Soviet plan was created to destroy the Alaskan oil pipeline. Now, those plans have been stolen by the brilliant and treacherous ex-KGB agent Ivan Kerikov. Joining forces with a powerful Arab oil minister, Charon's Landing is about to be unleashed at last. But they didn't count on the one man who possesses the determination and daring to stop them cold. They didn't count on Philip Mercer.

Marlow's Landing

Author : Toby Vieira
Publisher : JM Originals
ISBN 13 : 1473633184
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Marlow's Landing written by Toby Vieira and published by JM Originals. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goldhaven is after the biggest pink stone in the world. Zog Shikzahl is after Goldhaven. And Boss Macquarie is after his cut. But what on earth is an accountant from Hull after, heading upriver into the biggest white patch on the map? Nothing is what it seems in Marlow's Landing, a tale of double-crossing smugglers and best-laid plans. And by the time you've figured out you're being played for a fool, it's too late to turn back . . .

Adam's Directory of Points and Landings on Rivers and Bayous in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin

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Author : Louis A. Adam
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385551889
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Adam's Directory of Points and Landings on Rivers and Bayous in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin written by Louis A. Adam and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Report of the Chief of Engineers

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Chief of Engineers written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Emperor Landing on the Nine Heavens

Author : Kong Shen
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1647366208
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Emperor Landing on the Nine Heavens written by Kong Shen and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am the Emperor of the Nine Layered Heavens of the Myriad Domain! My decree is so vast that in this world, there is no one who dares to disobey it! This was the story of an ordinary boy like Lin Dong growing up to become the Nine Heavens Emperor! Experts were as numerous as the clouds, and they could also be seen how Lin Dong managed to carve a path through countless geniuses and powerhouses! If a beauty falls in love, how could the main character choose?