Ready to Dive
Five Decades of Adventure in the Abyss
$85.23
- Hardcover
302 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2024
Summary
In Ready to Dive, Curt Newport describes his role in some of the most daring and consequential deep ocean search and recovery operations of our time. Newport was there on the front lines and in the trenches, rigging lift lines, piloting underwater vehicles, and dealing with the carnage following both military and civilian plane crashes. Starting with his life as the son of an army aviator during various international postings before covering his conflicts with his father during the t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781612499666 |
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| ISBN-10: | 161249966X |
| Author: | Curt Newport |
| Publisher: | Purdue University Press |
| Imprint: | Purdue University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 302 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Curt Newport
Curt Newport retired in 2022 after forty-seven years in the underwater profession. During his work with underwater vehicles, he operated Canadian, US, British, and Norwegian vehicles on an international basis, ranging from the Arctic to the “Roaring Forties,” the Persian Gulf, the North Sea, and both sides of the equator in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Overall, he has participated in over 150 undersea operations in water depths down to 5,500 meters (over 3.4 miles). He has supported numerous undersea operations such as the salvage of Air India Flight 182, the Space Shuttle Challenger, the recovery of Liberty Bell 7, TWA 800, the broadcast of live images from the RMS Titanic, the USS Indianapolis, as well as many other classified missions involving the loss of military aircraft.
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