Challenging the Skies: Horizons Around the World

by Fonger, Donald

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Book desription: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Self Published, 1988 AS-NEW/FINE First Edition, 1st Printing stated. Brand new unread copy in a superb unclipped DJ. Makes a great gift. No wear, as-new, pristine interiors, no markings. 6.25" by 9.25", 211 pages, illustrated. - This is the story of two non-professional pilots from Winnipeg, and the lessons they learned about flying during long-distance flights in their Piper Twin Comanche aircraft.. Included are their visits to the Bahamas, a flight around the entire Caribbean Ocean and their participation in a Transatlantic Air rally from New York to Paris. It progresses from the writer's frightening first cross-country flight - to the flight of a lifetime, a 26,000 mile circumnavigation of the globe in a Piper Twin Comanche in the summer of 1987. This book includes many fascinating pictures of legendary places they visited, including Bali, Burma, Bangladesh, Nepal, the Truk lagoon, the Alps and Himalayas. The front endpapers feature a two-page photo of the 'Golden Boy', the plane flown during the Transatlantic Air rally. The rear endpapers show a map of the global route the Fonger's flew in 1987.. Hard Cover.

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