Böcker av Charles Kennedy

Flying Solo To Sudan is a mix of witty travelogue and honest introspection, on an incredible journey through Europe and Africa, crossing mountains, water and desert, arriving in Khartoum on the eve of Sudan's current conflict. How to fly a plane, the utility of fear, the joy of solitude, and lessons learned along the way.

This book tells the story of every jetliner produced by the Soviet Union, including the Tupolev Tu-104 (the world's first successful jetliner), the Ilyushin Il-62 (Aeroflot's flagship), and the supersonic rival to Concorde, the Tu-144 Charger. The detailed story is accompanied by beautiful illustrations taken from Russian archives.

The story of the Douglas DC-8 jetliner in the service of air cargo giant Flying Tiger Line, with a detailed individual airframe history of each of their forty-three DC-8s; pilots recollections; a wealth of photographic, technical and promotional material; and two epic essays, covering the history of the airline, and the DC-8.