China Clipper

Posted By on Apr 26, 2011

Book 2 in the Nick Grant adventure series following on from Flying Boats and Spies Gramma Trixie’s Review Another terrific read from author Jamie Dodson. Nick continues to get in all manner of strife, protecting the flying boats from destruction and becoming a junior Flight Engineer. Ok, Flight Engineer is not a job with a great future these days, but back then the FE had an important role: do the dirty work so the pilots could...

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Flying Boats and Spies

Posted By on Apr 26, 2011

Gramma Trixie’s Review I loved this book. It took me back to my youth, reminding me of the excitement we felt in the age of flying ships. When I was a girl we would wait for hours to see one land, never knowing for sure what time it would arrive, listening expectantly for the first distant drone of engines that would signal her arrival. Then the graceful majesty as she touches down, the spray, the sound. Arriving from afar in...

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Junior Pilot Adventures

Posted By on Apr 26, 2011

Gramma Trixie’s Review This is a beautiful book. Not too long and yet what I really liked about it was that you felt you had been somewhere and seen something. Aviation is about experiences and the two young pilots, Tshepo and Jonathon, have plenty. Their experience are just part-and-parcel of flying life, and that is really the essence of this book. It is a taste of a day in the flying life, with all its ups and downs. Junior...

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Claire Bear’s First Solo

Posted By on Apr 26, 2011

This book is for 3-8 year olds, and describes the most important journey any pilot ever makes… their first flight by themselves. Here’s some comments to the author from someone who read the book… I asked my 7 year old daughter to read me Claire’s First Solo this morning. It really is a delightful book, and not what I expected from the cover. Your use of actual pilot words was interesting, both for being new...

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