| Wings Around the World: The Exhilarating Story of One Woman's Epic Flight from the North Pole to Antarctica Contributor(s): Vacher, Polly (Author) |
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ISBN: 1904943993 ISBN-13: 9781904943990 Publisher: Grub Street OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: Polly Vacher wanted to become the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the world via both Poles in a single-engine aircraft. Her 60,000 mile voyage would take her to every continent. She prepared meticulously for two years and had garnered multifarious sponsors. However, as she took off, 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 see her encounter extremes of weather and emotion, kindness, obstruction and also a little political intrigue. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - History - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: 910.410 |
| LCCN: 2009502126 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.4" W x 6.7" (1.05 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Polly Vacher wanted to become the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the world via both Poles in a single-engine aircraft. Her 60,000 mile voyage would take her to every continent. She prepared meticulously for two years and had garnered multifarious sponsors. However, as she took off, 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 see her encounter extremes of weather and emotion, kindness, obstruction and also a little political intrigue. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vacher, Polly: - Born in south Devon, she trained in physiotherapy and spent twenty years in music education. Her interest in aviation developed from a charity skydiving event. She obtained her private pilot license with her husband Peter in Australia in 1994 and they followed this up by a circumnavigation of the continent. In 1997 she toured the United States by plane, flying solo across the North Atlantic in both directions. |