Short-Finned Pilot Whale
The most distinctive feature of the Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus is the bulbous to squarish melon head and very short beak. The mouth line is slanted upwards towards the eye giving the animal ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Hunter Valley Microlight
It is illegal to take people on microlight joyflights in Australia, but you are able to have a trial instructional flight. You are briefed and learn how to control the plane. If you choose to take a formal lesson you swap seats with the pilot, ... [... more]
Getaway |
Big Blue Air Tour
Commercial pilot Peter Sherlock started Big Blue Air Touring after a friend asked him to fly him around some outback properties. He realised the exciting experience was one not accessible to most people, and with 30 years within the Australian ... [... more]
Getaway |
Jon Guttman
This book traces the combat history of the most famous and highest-scoring fighter group in France's World War I Aviation Militaire. Groupe de Combat 12 boasted the highest-scoring Allied fighter pilot, Rene Fonck, and France's most celebrated ... [... more]
Random House |
Tom Marshall
Tom Marshall enlisted in the United States Army in the Warrant Officer Rotary Wing Pilot course in 1969. During his one-year tour in Vietnam, he received the Bronze Star for meritorious service after two months of ... [... more]
Random House |
James Doolittle
As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a scientist, he pioneered the development of modern aviation technology. ... [... more]
Random House |
Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas is owner and director emeritus of Common Ground Seminars. He is a graduate of UCLA and the Georgetown University Law Center, and served as a U.S. Air Force helicopter rescue pilot in Vietnam, receiving the ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
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