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Sailing Club. Had I any experience? ‘Of course. He said that we would go out for a trial sail, and as we got into his sailing dinghy he said, …
BACK TO ENGLAND When I recovered enough to get out of bed I had to realise that action of any kind was going to be out of the question …
Many of the people brought me presents of fruit or fans, dolls, photographs or sake. I always tried to make them a little speech of thanks, but sometimes I …
Initially we fly over Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost land in Chile. To the left is Estrech de Magallanes, the Straits of Magellan. We rattle around inside this vast …
After this the policeman and Hayashi started cross-examining me again, with their unfailing politeness, of course. After repeating several times all the old questions about where I had crossed …
Yes, no, yes, damn it! Later they started on my aeroplane engine and gear, but even a worm will turn, and I refused to go on answering silly questions …
I identified it as Udsi Sima, two islands and a chimney rock. So thus far my navigation had been all right, and I was only 1% degrees out on …
TRIUMPH AND DISASTER I was in a strong south-easterly, and the seaplane was drifting 30 degrees to the north. At that height, for every mile I flew towards Kagoshima, …