Rescue Pilot, 9781775538493
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Kiwi rescue pilot battles time and space to save lives.
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Rescue Pilot

the daring adventures of a new zealand search and rescue pilot

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    2 October 2016

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Summary

Above and Beyond: The Gripping Tales of a Search and Rescue Pilot

The daring adventures of a New Zealand search and rescue Pilot.

‘Somewhere, up ahead, a person is bleeding, but you have to put that out of your mind. Your job is negotiating with time and space. You have your clock, that person has their own, and in the end, whether the rate at which your clock is ticking matches theirs is out of your control.’

Often referred to as a ‘search and rescue daredevil’, Joh…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781775538493
ISBN-10:1775538494
Author:John Funnell
Publisher:Random House New Zealand Ltd
Imprint:Random House New Zealand Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:2 October 2016
Weight:392g
Dimensions:233mm x 155mm x 25mm
About The Author

John Funnell

John Funnell MBE is one of New Zealand’s best-known and longest-serving helicopter pilots. One of the pioneers of helicopter search and rescue, John has been involved with countless high-profile rescues and mercy missions over the past 49 years, including the Rena salvage and the disastrous Boxing Day tsunami in Banda Aceh in 2004. He received the New Zealand Bravery Medal for his daring rescue in 1992 of a MetService employee critically injured in a shark attack on remote Campbell Island, some 700km south of New Zealand. John lives in Taupo.

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