Aviation in the Antarctic
Author : Henry M. Dater
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,98 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Aeronautics
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Author : Henry M. Dater
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,98 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Aeronautics
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Author : Henry M. Dater
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 12,54 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Antarctica
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Author : Malcolm Mellor
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 10,77 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Aeronautics
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Author : Malcolm Mellor
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Aeronautics
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Author : Miguel Angel Gordillo
Publisher : polflug.com
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 27,26 MB
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 3000674039
Miguel Angel Gordillo is the first man who circumnavigated the earth over both poles in a homebuilt aircraft under 1750 kg. In 2016 he covered 41,000 nm in two legs in the shape of an eight at extreme flight conditions over desert, jungle, mountains, ocean and ice. This earned him the world record of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). The scientific, aeronautical and personal challenges, experiences and encounters on his flight over both poles provided the extraordinary material for this book to document the uniqueness of his world record in words and pictures.
Author : Polly Vacher
Publisher : Grub Street Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 2006-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1909166472
A pilot’s account of her around-the-world adventure, including color photos. On May 6, 2003, Polly Vacher, a fifty-nine-year-old mother of three, took off from an airport in Birmingham, England, seeking to become the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the world, via both Poles, in a single-engine aircraft. Despite having only a few years of flying experience, Polly had already completed a lateral solo circumnavigation of the world in 2001 for the charity Flying Scholarships for the Disabled. This second challenge, for the same charity, would make that achievement look like a casual jaunt. There would be no margin for error. Her voyage to the ice was a thirty-five thousand–mile adventure in her Piper Dakota that would take her to at least thirty different countries on every single continent. She had prepared meticulously for two years, was fully insured, and had all the requisite permits and visas. With her kinetic enthusiasm, charm, and persistence, she had already garnered numerous sponsors. However, as she took off on that blustery spring day—flanked by a Hurricane and a Spitfire and waved off by her family and the Prince of Wales—she suddenly felt so alone. She had begun a remarkable expedition that would gain her three world records—but would also encounter extremes of weather and emotion, much kindness and obstruction, and a little political intrigue. This is the story of that adventure. “Truly inspirational.” —Aviation News
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Page : 12 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Antarctica
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Author : Richard Evelyn Byrd
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 10,11 MB
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1442241713
American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of camps and bases referred to as “Little America.” Over the years, many similar areas were developed as camps and research areas on Byrd’s Antarctic missions, but the founding of “Little America” required great courage and leadership. In awe of the unforgiving landscape, he eagerly met its treacherous challenges. Byrd outlines the blueprint for his first mission to Antarctica and provides a glimpse into the obstacles he and his team overcame at the world’s end. Reissued for today’s readers, Admiral Byrd’s classic explorations by land, air, and sea transport us to the farthest reaches of the globe. As companions on Byrd’s journeys, modern audiences experience the polar landscape through Byrd’s own struggles, doubts, revelations, and triumphs and share the excitement of these timeless adventures.
Author : Henry W. Dater
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Antarctica
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Author : David Burke
Publisher : Robert Hale
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 31,36 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Transportation
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