White Water Landings is a memoir of Geoffrey Pett’s adventures as a station manager in Africa for Imperial Airways during the operation of the Flying Boat service to Durban. It covers the period from his application to become a Commercial Trainee in 1933 to his marriage and return from Cairo to England in 1944. It’s a vision of bygone days, from the luxury of airtravel in the Empire Flying Boats, to a developing country, run by tribal chiefs within the governance of a fading British Empire. A Boy’s Own adventure with planes, boats, elephants, spies and an amazing romance!
Available as a hardcover book, paperback and ebook.
The romance of pre-war commercial aviation meets the romance of a man separated by war from the woman he loves.
With a forward by Professor Gordon Pirie, Deputy Director of the African Centre for Cities at Cape Town University and Editor of the Journal of Transport History, the book is a must for aviation historians, flying boat enthusiasts, lovers of family history and African adventure, and anyone who loves a good tale with honest people and a touch of romance.
White Water Landings by J M Pett with Geoffrey Pett, published 11th May 2015.
The kindle version is available at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
The version for all types of eReaders, including Nook, Kindle, Kobo and iPad is available at smashwords.com
The paperback (ISBN/EAN13 1508700389 / 9781508700388) is available on Amazon.com and other Amazon sites.
The collector’s edition hardcover book (ISBN:9781320766913), with good quality paper and spot colour is now available to order from your favourite store using the ISBN shown, and is also on Amazon.com.
A new paperback and budget b/w hardcover version is now available direct from Blurb.com.
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