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100	1		_aReid, Bill, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBorn to fly / _cBill Reid.
300			_a303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some colour), _c24 cm
500			_a"Three generations of Reids have flown helicopters. First there was John, a Second World War fighter pilot. After the war he used helicopters for things no one dreamed possible: for rabbit poisoning, concrete pouring, fertiliser and seed spreading and oil exploration. He trained a generation of Kiwi helicopter pilots, and flew on 300 rescue missions. Next there was John's son Bill, who began flying in the early 1970s, during the incredibly dangerous live venison recovery years, then on to ventures in Hong Kong, England and Papua New Guinea. Over the course of his 30-year career, Bill has flown helicopters for almost every kind of job you can think of, heavy lifting, mountain rescue, fire-fighting, animal control, heli-fishing and location scouting on Lord of the Rings. He's since restored a Second World War vintage aircraft, and his Avron Anson Mk1 bomber is the only flight-worthy model in the world. And finally there's Toby and his wife Rachel, also pilots, who have established their own helicopter business, pioneering new paths in adventure tourism. The Reids have helicopters in their blood, and Born To Fly is an exciting inter-generational tale of adventure, enterprise and derring-do"--Publisher's information.
600	1	0	_aReid, Bill.
650		0	_aHelicopter pilots _zNew Zealand _vBiography.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBorn to fly _z9781775536925
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