{"product_id":"time-in-africa-flying-and-fun-from-1963-to-1983-hardcover","title":"Time in Africa: Flying and Fun from 1963 to 1983 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eLeah Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime in Africa: Flying and Fun from 1963 to 1983 covers 20 amazing years of David Price's life as a pilot, working primarily in Africa. Although filled with personal adventures and humorous anecdotes, Time in Africa is much more than an autobiography. It is also an amazing glimpse of a time in aviation before computerized flight controls and when some older planes were still made of plywood and canvas. Having flown planes such as a DC3, Dove, Comet 4, Viscount, B737 and B707, the author shares stories of near disaster, having to make mechanical repairs and adjustments while flying-including once with a fire ax, and landing and taking off in the desert without a runway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdding further interest to these stories is the setting: Libya, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Zambia, Guinea, and Nigeria in their early days of independence post colonization. A natural storyteller, David portrays what life was like in Africa-both for the privileged Whites and the native Blacks-along with providing insight into the politics and attitudes of the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom starting an airplane with car batteries strapped to a baggage trolley to having to put out a charcoal fire started in the aisle of a plane to brew a cup of tea, it is clear that there were few dull moments during David's time as a pilot in Africa. It is also evident that he enjoyed every minute there, as will his readers as he takes them back to an amazing place in an interesting time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781773852960,"sku":"9781039175952","price":42.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dc57fbb3870cfdcca16f78c4c3bb7aa5.webp?v=1780557399","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/time-in-africa-flying-and-fun-from-1963-to-1983-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}