Desert Flying books...
Desert Flying books...
Anybody know one?
I have some great books on Bush flying, mountains etc. etc. but can't find anything at all on desert flying (either fixed wing or rotary)!
Thanks, Sam.
I have some great books on Bush flying, mountains etc. etc. but can't find anything at all on desert flying (either fixed wing or rotary)!
Thanks, Sam.
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Desert Novels
Antoine de Saint-Exupery. 'The Wind, the Sun and the stars' and 'Southern Mail' to name only two by him. Saint-Exupery spent much of his flying life as a mail pilot ferrying across the Sahara Desert.
Saint-Exupery is probably best known for his wonderful childrens story: 'The Little Prince' which is full of brilliant but simple philosophy.
Saint-Exupery is probably best known for his wonderful childrens story: 'The Little Prince' which is full of brilliant but simple philosophy.
I read the autobiography of Alex Kimball (I think I got that right) about 5 years ago. He flew fixed wing in the AAC in Oman and similar places. Very entertaining and instructive. However I have just tried to find it on Amazon, with no luck.
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"Open cockpit over Africa" by Victor Smith (isbn 0 7985 0773 X)
Flying Cape Town to London in the 1930s and crashing in the Sahara, and how to survive walking 50 miles in the desert.
A good read.
Flying Cape Town to London in the 1930s and crashing in the Sahara, and how to survive walking 50 miles in the desert.
A good read.
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I read the autobiography of Alex Kimball (I think I got that right) about 5 years ago. He flew fixed wing in the AAC in Oman and similar places. Very entertaining and instructive. However I have just tried to find it on Amazon, with no luck.
Cracking good story . His accounts of training on an AOP9 and flying a DH Beaver are flying lessons in themselves.