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1 online resource (320 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
Summary |
The action-packed true story of Australia's very own top gun pilot, Matt Hall. I would sit there at the controls and think: I'm going to go left, and I can. I want to go right, and I will. I don't have to follow the road. I don't have to follow rules. I don't have to ask anyone - I can go left when I want, I can go right when I want. I had discovered the freedom that has kept me flying to this day." Since he was old enough to notice planes, Matt Hall wanted to be a pilot. Flying with his Dad in a glider, making models at home and meeting officers from the Air Force fuelled his ambition. So when he was accepted into the RAAF's grueling training school it seemed a dream come true. But dreams take hard work and focus - and the willingness to make your own luck. From the rigours of his first professional job as a top Gun fighter in the Battle of Baghdad where he experienced extreme fear and loss for the first time, to his post Air Force career as a professional racer where he has survived near fatal situations to become one of the most renowned pilots in the world, Matt Hall has led an extraordinary life. His story is a rare glimpse into a normally closed world where skill, quick thinking and a cool head can mean the difference between life and death. 'A must read for anyone interested in flying' COURIER MAIL". |
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Print version record. |
Subject |
Hall, Matt, 1971-
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Aeronautics -- Australia -- History.
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Air pilots -- Australia -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Lyall, David (Biographer)
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Australian Broadcasting Commission, issuing body.
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Print version: Hall, Matt, 1971- Sky is not the limit. Sydney, NSW : ABC Books, 2013. 9780733329562 (OCoLC)816562183 |
Standard No. |
9781743096789 |
ISBN |
9781743096789 (epub) |
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