Rescue pilot :the Daring Adventures of a New Zealand Search and Rescue Pilot
Maker and role
John Funnell, Author
Production date
2016
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Accession number
PUB-2022-654
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Description
In Rescue Pilot he shares stories from over four decades of flying search and rescue helicopters all over New Zealand - and beyond. John is a hero to the thousands of victims he has transported to safety over the years, and is perhaps best known for his unprecedented 800-kilometre mission to save a MetService employee attacked by a shark on the remote subantarctic Campbell Island. - Back cover
Ab initio -- Winging it -- To the rescue -- Lives on the line -- Echo foxtrot zulu -- Turbulent times -- Cap in hand -- To the limits -- Peak performance -- Amongst thieves -- Under the knife -- Banda aid -- On the rocks.
Includes photographs.
Ab initio -- Winging it -- To the rescue -- Lives on the line -- Echo foxtrot zulu -- Turbulent times -- Cap in hand -- To the limits -- Peak performance -- Amongst thieves -- Under the knife -- Banda aid -- On the rocks.
Includes photographs.
Signature/Marks and Type
Walsh Memorial Library Ink Stamp
Accession Number Hand-written
Accession Number Hand-written
Media/Materials
Physical description
288 pages :illustrations ;24 cm,
ISBN/ISSN
9781775538493
1775538494
1775538494
Credit line
John Funnell. 2016. Rescue pilot :the Daring Adventures of a New Zealand Search and Rescue Pilot, PUB-2022-654. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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