Ride On The Wind
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the golden age of aviation, one man's audacity redefined what it meant to conquer the skies. Ride on the Wind chronicles the extraordinary solo flight of Francis Chichester, who in 1931 became the first person to complete a solo seaplane journey from New Zealand to Australia across the Tasman Sea — a feat of navigation and raw courage that stunned the world. Written in Chichester's own gripping voice, the narrative details the meticulous preparation, heart-stopping mechanical crises, and the sheer lonely vastness of open ocean flying in a fragile Gipsy Moth seaplane, painting a vivid portrait of a pioneer who refused to accept the boundaries of the possible. Beyond its thrilling aeronautical adventure, Ride on the Wind stands as a landmark work in the tradition of British exploration literature, sitting alongside the great accounts of Shackleton and Scott in its evocation of solitary endurance. Chichester's prose is spare and precise — the voice of an engineer and a dreamer in equal measure — yet it carries an undeniable emotional charge that transforms a technical account into a deeply human story. His fearless spirit would later propel him to global fame as a record-breaking solo yachtsman, but this earlier triumph in the air reveals the restless ambition that defined his life; for those who read it, the question inevitably arises: what horizon could ever be enough?
Author: Francis Chichester
Format: Hardback
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the golden age of aviation, one man's audacity redefined what it meant to conquer the skies. Ride on the Wind chronicles the extraordinary solo flight of Francis Chichester, who in 1931 became the first person to complete a solo seaplane journey from New Zealand to Australia across the Tasman Sea — a feat of navigation and raw courage that stunned the world. Written in Chichester's own gripping voice, the narrative details the meticulous preparation, heart-stopping mechanical crises, and the sheer lonely vastness of open ocean flying in a fragile Gipsy Moth seaplane, painting a vivid portrait of a pioneer who refused to accept the boundaries of the possible. Beyond its thrilling aeronautical adventure, Ride on the Wind stands as a landmark work in the tradition of British exploration literature, sitting alongside the great accounts of Shackleton and Scott in its evocation of solitary endurance. Chichester's prose is spare and precise — the voice of an engineer and a dreamer in equal measure — yet it carries an undeniable emotional charge that transforms a technical account into a deeply human story. His fearless spirit would later propel him to global fame as a record-breaking solo yachtsman, but this earlier triumph in the air reveals the restless ambition that defined his life; for those who read it, the question inevitably arises: what horizon could ever be enough?