Tides Turbulence and Tailwinds by Christensen, Lorne

Description: Tides and Tailwinds The life story of Lorne Christensen begins with the history of his Danish immigrant great-grandfather Captain James Christensen, his grandfather Captain Andy Christensen, each noted mariners, and his dad, BC Provincial Police Constable Bill Christensen. Lorne recounts his childhood and his escapades vacationing with his grandmother at the remote logging community of Port Renfrew in the 1940s and 1950s. Joining the Air Force at 17 he trained as an aircraft mechanic, and attracted to the lure of the skies, went on to obtain his private pilot's license in 1960. Unsure of where his future would lead him, and grounded in his family's seafaring history, he ventured into a maritime life by becoming a seaman on the naval auxiliary vessels at the Naval Dockyard in Esquimalt BC. His interest in flying won out, and by 1963 his first opportunity came, as a dock boy with a float plane company in Campbell River. Becoming a commercial pilot he gained much valuable experience with local flying firms on British Columbia's rugged and weather-variable coast. Moving on, he found one of his most fascinating experiences as pilot for the Honourable Phil Gaglardi, BC's Minister of Highways. From there, his flying career took him to the prairies, the Yukon and High Arctic, the east coast, Quebec and Ontario. He flew from the North Pole to the Caribbean, from Alaska to Greenland and all places in between. Aircraft flown included DC3, DC4, C46, FH227, L188 (Electras), Boeing 737s and numerous others. Holding a pilot's license for 50 years, Lorne's last flight on the B737 took place at the age of 73 in 2010. Captain Lorne Christensen "A journey started by a young boy with a zest for life, who just couldn't abide school as he was growing up on Vancouver Island, developed into an incredible unfolding tale of Canadiana, as his boyish enthusiasm, innate intellect and reasoning ability took him from the halcyon days of youth to a position where he was entrusted with the training of airline pilots. For 50 years he participated in the development of Canada's flying industry, is now retired with his family, back on Vancouver Island, and offers here an inside view of life in the cockpit, its soaring joys, its challenges and the camaraderie shared by flight crews. Those whose lives he was entrusted with on his myriad flights surely were reassured by the calm, confident manner and gentlemanly bearing of Captain Lorne Christensen." Elida Peers, OBC

Price: 49.27 AUD

Location: Hillsdale, NSW

End Time: 2024-12-28T23:10:10.000Z

Shipping Cost: 24.91 AUD