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LEADER: 03144cam 2200565M 4500
001 ocm59941923
003 OCoLC
005 20220802162646.0
008 050502s1990 enkabcf 000 0aeng d
040 $aUKV3G$beng$cUKV3G$dUKM$dNZAUC$dAU@$dOCLCO$dOCLCQ$dOCLCO$dOCLCF$dOCLCQ$dDKU$dOCLCO$dOCL
015 $aGB9155052$2bnb
019 $a26542977
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035 $a(OCoLC)59941923$z(OCoLC)26542977
050 14 $aTL685.15$b.M54 1990
082 04 $a629.13092$220
100 1 $aMilton, Brian.
245 14 $aThe Dalgety Flyer.
260 $bBloomsbury,$c1990.
300 $axii, 211 pages$b[8] pages of plates
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"For most people, flying to Australia involves nothing more dangerous than boredom and cramp. Brian Milton did it differently -- by microlight. In an epic two-month journey, reminiscent of the great flights of pioneer aviators like Amy Johnson, he flew his tiny plane through some of the most inhospitable skies in the world. On the way he: -- got totally lost in thick cloud in France -- was blown upside down on a Greek island runway -- had engine failure at 5,000 feet trying to cross a 6,000-foot Jordanian mountain range -- crash-landed in the middle of the Persian gulf with a grandstand view of an Iranian attack on two oil tankers landed on the only track through a Malaysian paddy field -- was nearly blown out of the sky by a 'playful' military helicopter -- at the end of his longest leg -- ten and a half hours -- landed at an unlighted strip in the outback between three lightning storms in time for a major earthquake In all, Milton made nine emergency landings. Even when everything went right -- such as during the white-knuckle flight over the shark-infested Timor Sea -- he could rely on nothing but his own courage and the flimsy support of an aircraft a mere twenty-one feet long powered by a forty-horsepower two-stroke engine. But he made it. His is a thrilling story, one that will appeal to armchair adventurers everywhere" -- Provided by publisher.
600 10 $aMilton, Brian$xJourneys.
650 0 $aAeronautics$xFlights.
650 0 $aUltralight aircraft.
650 0 $aAir travel.
650 6 $aVoyages en avion.
650 6 $aUltra-légers motorisés.
650 7 $aultralight aircraft.$2aat
600 17 $aMilton, Brian.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01787284
650 7 $aAir travel.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00802678
650 7 $aAeronautics$xFlights.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00798335
650 7 $aUltralight aircraft.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01160664
650 7 $aVoyages and travels.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01169308
653 0 $aMicrolighting (Airborne recreations)
653 0 $aEngland
653 0 $aAustralia
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029 1 $aNZ1$b13594877
029 1 $aNZ1$b3643882
029 1 $aUKTLS$b010172114
029 1 $aUKWLT$b147200
029 1 $aUNITY$b010172114
029 1 $aAU@$b000064744268
029 1 $aAU@$b000066697830
994 $aZ0$bIME
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN IME - 41 OTHER HOLDINGS