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Title: Take Flight: Incredible stories of Australian women who reach for the sky
Author: MEXTED KATHY
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/10/2024
Imprint: NEW SOCIETY PUBLISHERS
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
‘We’d taken three weeks to climb the mountain and three minutes to fly down. I felt small but enormous and so much more than this little human shell.’ Heather Swan, wingsuit BASE jumper
From balancing on a wing tip to paragliding with an eagle, Take Flight tells the stories of Australian women who have leapt, tumbled and dived, and reached for the stars.
These inspirational women share stories of their lives in the skies. Helicopter pilot Alida Soemawinata ascends over Kata Tjua. Speed skydiver Jessica Johnston joins a formation of ‘horny gorillas’ hurtling through an azure African sky. Paramotor pilot Sacha Dench follows the flight path of Bewick’s swans for thousands of kilometres. Hot air balloonist Donna Tasker fills the envelope and glides over Western Australia. Gomeroi astrophysicist Krystal De Napoli points up to the Seven Sisters in the dark night sky.
Author and pilot Kathy Mexted weaves a moving narrative of the determination, skill and expertise of these women who have beaten the odds to find success and joy in the skies.
‘Beautifully written, these captivating stories about women in flight will make you wish you had even half their bravery and passion.’ Lisa Millar, TV presenter
‘The word ‘inspiring’ doesn’t even come close.’ Michael Veitch, author
‘Kathy Mexted captures beautiful insights into these normal yet audacious and courageous women and their breathtaking aviation adventures.’ Linda Beilharz, Polar explorer and pilot
ISBN: 9781742237619
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm
Pages: 272
Edition: 01