Paul W. J. Harding

Sharks in the Runway

A Seaplane Pilot's Fifty-Year Journey Through Bahamian Times!

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Captain Paul Harding moved with his family to the Bahamas when he was just twelve. He fell in love with his exotic new home immediately and this epic memoir pays tribute to his passion for island life, his ecclectic friends and family, and the extraordinary career he has forged from the sea and the skies.Paul became a qualified Charter Boat Captain and Open Water Scuba Instructor, founding the award winning day-trip diving company Diving Safaris, Ltd in 1976. In 1989 he followed this success by ordering a seaplane and learning how to fly; Safari Seaplanes has since become the stuff of Bahamian legend, flying people from all walks of life to s… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-911525-24-0
EAN: 9781911525240
Produktnummer: 23347078
Verlag: Clink Street Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 568 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 120'267 KB

Über den Autor

Paul W.J. Harding was born in England but is a long-time resident of Nassau, Bahamas. Having qualified as a Class A Captain and an Open Water Scuba Instructor, he founded an award-winning dive-charter business, Diving Safaris Ltd in 1976. After seventeen years of success entertaining nearly 50,000 clients, he attended flight school in Florida in 1989 to gain his Private Pilots License, having bought a seaplane before he could even fly. During this time he worked as a cameraman and director for TV companies including The Discovery Channel. Harding is a Commercial, Multi-engine Land & Sea and Instrument Rated Pilot. In 1990 he formed Safari Seaplanes and flew for a further twenty-three years before retiring. Today, Harding is a freelance writer for aviation magazines, as well as enjoying art and photography.