{"product_id":"this-way-up-shirley-jennings-9781915490223","title":"This Way Up: The Tale of a Timid Nobody Who Became a Gyroplane Pilot","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Tale of a Timid Nobody Who Became a Gyroplane Pilot\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the story of a shy and unremarkable nobody who learned to be a gyroplane pilot and consequently discovered a wider world.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBored with the daily routine in the 1980s, a spur-of-the-moment decision to fly a light aircraft changed the entire course of my life. I had no intention of becoming a pilot-people like me don't do things like that-but flying soon grew mundane, and the initial thrill wore thin. In an effort to recapture that lost spark of wonder, I tried a small helicopter and became captivated by the rotary-winged bug. My fate was sealed when, just a couple of months later, I saw Wing Commander Ken Wallis (the real James Bond) flying his famous gyroplane, Little Nellie. The addiction was incurable, and I was quite beyond help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, gyroplanes have a bad reputation, and people tried hard to dissuade me. With so few gyronauts scattered across the UK in the pre-Internet 1990s, it felt like trying to join a secret society. The only available machines were single-seat, and the only way to learn to fly was to own one. No one said this was going to be easy! My quest led me to Cornwall, where a small group of autorotational veterans took me under their collective wing. Thanks to them, Delta-J was born, and they taught me how to stay alive, working from the ground up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty years later, my rotary-winged obsession took this hesitant mouse across the English Channel, where I discovered the unimaginable freedom of the French ultralight world. My tiny rotorcraft and I are now part of that world. It has been a voyage of discovery and new horizons, with ups and downs in every sense-a journey I could never have imagined when I took that first aeroplane flight in 1985. Gyroplanes have been my greatest adventure!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shirley Jennings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915490227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915490223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blkdog Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Shirley Jennings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795513889023,"sku":"9781915490223","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4088f3c9-23ed-4089-9c12-9d71b6f1f39b.jpg?v=1744947839","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-way-up-shirley-jennings-9781915490223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}