karrank
21st Sep 2004, 00:19
propellerhead by Antony Woodward
The tale of a yuppie's progress from complete ignorance of aviation as anything other than something you buy a ticket to participate in to passing competence as a 'microlight' pilot, central character being a much abused Thruster.
Along the way he documents his terrorfying lack of competence and understanding in a most engaging way. Decisions he makes along the way that instantly turn to crap, resolved by passively waiting terror rather than steely-eyed right stuff has helped me to appreciate right responses don't arise from heritage or inate intelligence, they have to be learnt.
Absolute hoot of a book.
The tale of a yuppie's progress from complete ignorance of aviation as anything other than something you buy a ticket to participate in to passing competence as a 'microlight' pilot, central character being a much abused Thruster.
Along the way he documents his terrorfying lack of competence and understanding in a most engaging way. Decisions he makes along the way that instantly turn to crap, resolved by passively waiting terror rather than steely-eyed right stuff has helped me to appreciate right responses don't arise from heritage or inate intelligence, they have to be learnt.
Absolute hoot of a book.