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"On the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known American pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, and prepared to take off from a small airfield on Long Island, New York. Despite his inexperience--the twenty-five-year-old Lindbergh had never before flown over open water--he was determined to win the $25,000 Orteig Prize promised since 1919 to the first pilot to fly nonstop between New...
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"The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot chronicles another thrilling chapter in American aviation history: the race to break the sound barrier. In the aftermath of World War II, the United States accelerated the development of technologies that would give it an advantage over the Soviet Union. Airpower, combined with nuclear weapons, offered a formidable check on Soviet aggression. In 1947, the United States Air Force was established....
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Navigation is the key human skill. It's something we do everywhere, whether feeling our way through a bedroom in the dark, or charting a ship's course. But how does navigation affect our brains, our memory, ourselves? Blending scientific research and memoir, and written in beautiful prose, Finding North starts with a quest by the author to understand this most basic of human skills--and why it's in mortal peril.
In 1844, Foy's great-great grandfather,...
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Este libro transmite las sensaciones que nos invaden al disfrutar de esta pasión que es viajar en moto. Manifiesta la filosofía de esta actividad que nos estimula y colma de felicidad cada vez que nos subimos a nuestras máquinas para salir al camino. Reúne algunas recomendaciones y expone experiencias de viajes que entusiasman.
Si alguna vez te preguntaste por qué disfrutás tanto arriba de una moto, encontrarás entre estas líneas que no sos...
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Wit, wisdom, and revelations from sixty years of life on the road.
Driving one highway after another at sunrise, winding through the mountainside, hearing the call to rise of the roosters, or simply exchanging "fishing stories" with the other guys at the truck stops. Like that one about the trucker who stopped along the highway and helped a little old lady who had a flat tire. By the time the trucker had told his tale a dozen times, the simple tire...
8) Motorcycle Adventurer: Carl Stearns Clancy: First Motorcyclist to Ride Around the World 1912-1913
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This travelogue originally authored by Clancy is for the avid motorcycle adventurist, the travel dreamer thirsting for motorcycle touring. Clancy circled the globe during 1912-1913 on a 1912 motorcycle. There were no GPSs, ATMs, Internet, and often no gas, roads or motorcycle repair shops. It describes the first motorcycle global adventure ride by the man who survived a dream quest with his gun, determination, grit, and guts.
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9) Yarns
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In Yarns, Tristan Jones tells how he began his writing career. He draws on his many adventures to evoke some of the memorable people he has met, and to describe some of the most beautiful cruising grounds in the world. He gives advice on everything from seamanship to dealing with local populations in remote places. Not to be missed is his marvelous evocation in the style of Conan Doyle as the mystery of the Mary Celeste is solved, or the Conrad-inspired...
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Tristan Jones was one of the most acclaimed sea-faring storytellers ever. The combative Welshman was born at sea on a ship off Tristan da Cunha. He dropped out of school at 14 to work on sailing barges, and then spent the rest of his life at sea--first in the Royal Navy, then as a delivery skipper, then as a daring adventurer. SAGA OF A WAYWARD SAILOR tells the tale of one of his most exciting adventures. Jones sails through treacherous waters aboard...
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From the acclaimed teller of such classic yarns as A STEADY TRADE, THE INCREDIBLE VOYAGE, and HEART OF OAK, ENCOUNTERS OF A WAYWARD SAILOR is wonderful collection of true stories from one of the great storytellers of the sea. Drawing on experiences from a lifetime at sea, Tristan Jones uses his acute powers of observation and his gift with for telling tales to transport us aboard boats struggling through savage gales, sweltering through parched calms,...
12) Outward Leg
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After seven years ashore and after having his left leg amputated, Tristan Jones decided to return to the sea. He began to piece together Operation Star and found the perfect vessel in a 36-foot trimaran. In October 1983, Jones and his only crew member, Wally Rediske, set out in Outward Leg from San Diego, intending to circumnavigate the world from west to east by sail. The book is the exciting story of Tristan's preparation for this major seagoing...
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De la parfaite maîtrise du pilote d'avion pour éviter la catastrophe
Comment on peut frler l'accident, sans commettre d'imprudence, simplement en se concentrant à l'excès sur un point précis au lieu de conserver une vue d'ensemble.
Michel Vanvaerenbergh nous invite à embarquer dans ce recueil de nouvelles autobiographiques, glissant quelques anecdotes personnelles de sa carrière de pilote
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En 1948, Michel Vanvaerenbergh...
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Mise à l'épreuve à bord de l'avion pour un jeune pilote
Comment un jeune copilote très sûr de lui découvre lors d'un vol derrière le rideau de fer, sous la férule d'un ancien de la RAF qu'il y a un monde entre le simulateur et la vie réelle.
Michel Vanvaerenbergh nous invite à embarquer dans ce recueil de nouvelles autobiographiques, glissant quelques anecdotes personnelles de sa carrière de pilote.
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Quand les conditions météorologiques peuvent mener un vol à la catastrophe
O l'auteur, jeune commandant trop confiant en ses capacités, se voit contraint de recommencer une approche pour avoir oublié que la météo n'est pas une science exacte.
Michel Vanvaerenbergh nous invite à embarquer dans ce recueil de nouvelles autobiographiques, glissant quelques anecdotes personnelles de sa carrière de pilote.
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Un pilote doit parfois compter sur la chance... Les 14 souvenirs retracés dans ce livre le prouvent à la perfection!
J'aurais pu raconter les vols o j'ai été brillant, génial ou même simplement héroïque. J'ai préféré relater des vols o la chance a pallié mes défaillances. Michel Vanvaerenbergh, ancien instructeur sur Boeing 737, raconte quelques-uns de ses souvenirs de plus de 13000 heures de vol.
Quatorze vols, de Bruxelles à Chicago...
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Cohabitation en plein en vol entre un pilote chevronné et un apprenti
Après le remplacement de ses ailes, un Boeing 737 doit subir un vol d'essai. Dans cette histoire, l'équipage est "mixte". Ce sont deux cultures qui cohabitent : d'une part, un pilote habitué aux vols d'essais, de l'autre, des pilotes sans la moindre expérience de ces vols qui "collent" sans réfléchir à la procédure. Pour ne rien arranger, la météo est exécrable et alors...
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Echange de place à bord d'un avion
Lors d'un vol o la malchance et la technique se liguent pour retarder l'avion, et persuadé que le responsable des services commerciaux manque de motivation, un commandant décide de se substituer à lui. Les initiatives qu'il prend semblent judicieuses... à première vue.
Michel Vanvaerenbergh nous invite à embarquer dans ce recueil de nouvelles autobiographiques, glissant quelques anecdotes personnelles de...
19) Pirate Hunter
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On 2 August 1708 Captain Woodes Rogers set sail from Bristol with two ships, the Duke and Duchess, on an epic voyage of circumnavigation that was to make him famous. His mission was to attack, plunder and pillage Spanish ships wherever he could. And, as Graham Thomas shows in this tense and exciting narrative, after a series of pursuits and sea battles he returned laden with booty and with a reputation as one of the most audacious and shrewd fighting...
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Escale à Paris pour Michel Vanvaerenbergh
Comment, lors d'une escale arrosée à Paris, la carrière de l'auteur fut sauvée par le sens du "service au citoyen" des forces de l'ordre.
Michel Vanvaerenbergh nous invite à embarquer dans ce recueil de nouvelles autobiographiques, glissant quelques anecdotes personnelles de sa carrière de pilote.
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En 1948, Michel Vanvaerenbergh poursuit des études d'ingénieur industriel...
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