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The Last Flight is the heroic story of Gil Connor, an Army helicopter pilot as he struggles with the finality of a terminal illness. Haunted by the horrors of war and a turbulent past, Connor is torn between ending his embattled life and saving the survivors of a remote Alaska plane crash. Amid the turmoil of an approaching storm and almost certain failure, his underlying intentions are unknown, even to himself, until the very end.

In A Motor Flight through France, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton invites listeners on an extraordinary journey through the French countryside at the dawn of the motor age. Based on her 1906 road trip—an ambitious endeavor at a time when automobiles were still a novelty—Wharton’s account captures the thrill of early travel by car and the unparalleled freedom it offered to the adventurous traveler.

As a member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, Dr. Anne Spoerry treated hundreds of thousands of people across rural Kenya over the span of fifty years, earning herself the cherished nickname “Mama Daktari”—“Mother Doctor.” Yet few knew that what drove her from post-World War II...

Are you tired of letting your fear of flying hold you back from exploring the world, connecting with loved ones, or advancing your career? If you've tried other solutions with little success, it’s time to take a different approach. How to Overcome Your Fear of Flying: Practical Tips to Help You Board That Next Flight, by Tony Brenner, is your comprehensive guide to confronting and conquering your flying anxieties.

In Book the Flight Already! Travelers Share Their Life-Changing Stories from Off-the-Beaten-Track Bucket List Trips you will listen to real stories written by passionate travelers who believe that now is the right time for you to go! Imagine that your dream trip leads you to move to a foreign country, start your own business, or find the love of your life. Would you book the flight then? In this book, will listen to stories by a diverse group of female authors living all over the world.

The Flight Deck is a weekly podcast that treats air travel as creative medium. Host LJ explores routing as craft, airports as cultural spaces, and the invisible architecture of movement — teaching listeners to read flight plans, design intentional journeys, and see transit as worthy of artistic attention. Part instructional, part philosophical, always poetic.

A major life transformation starting on your thirtieth birthday, leading to an entirely different and exciting new career? Jen Ruiz (aka @jenonajetplane) has been there and did just that … and shared that first adventure with audiences in 12 Trips in 12 Months. Getting dumped and having to restart your life completely (again!) just before your thirty-fifth birthday? Definitely not on the agenda. Abruptly single, Jen made a wish in front of an Egyptian statue, which became the catalyst for another year of adventure and personal growth.

Join Flight for Sight Inc., a 501(c)(3) education nonprofit, as they empower individuals who are blind or have low vision to explore, engage, and educate. We're offering $10,000 travel grants to curious adventurers who will share their experiences and knowledge. As ambassadors, they'll foster connections worldwide while igniting understanding through personal encounters. Experience the indomitable human spirit, redefine possibilities, and join us in uplifting voices of the visually impaired.

In the spring of 2009, Simon Pridmore and his wife Sofie travelled for 15,000 kilometres overland through Russia, Mongolia, and China. A trip that started off as an adventure ended up being an education. Everywhere they stopped, they found people and cultures on the cusp of change. This was a watershed period for many nations that found themselves having to deal with the challenges of a new century, while still recovering from the consequences of the tumultuous events of the previous one.

Explore the rise of Boeing, from its pioneering roots in aviation history to its cutting-edge innovations and turbulent challenges. This story takes you inside the company that helped shape the future of flight. For more engaging podcasts, visit https://www.quietperiodplease.com/ – your boarding pass to stories that soar.Click here to browse handpicked Amazon finds inspired by this podcast series! https://amzn.to/424pzou

Jesse (pilot) and Sharon (author) started a podcast because they communicate better when someone's listening. They're trying to stay married forever for their four kids, and because they truly think they love each other. This dynamic travel duo also share their secrets so listeners can travel like locals. Jesse is a retired military and current airline pilot. Sharon, an author, educator, and artist, held down the homefront during his military career, but now she's determined to explore the world one standby flight at a time.

Joseph Solomon and guests thoughtfully and vulnerably travel through faith, relationships, race, sexuality, mental health, culture, and science via storytelling, poetry, and conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fun, funny and wise: Flight of Fancy with Ben Groundwater is an exploration of all things travel, for those with a thirst for seeing the world.

Flights with Benefits is a refreshing honest look at travel, love and relationships of the current Melanted Travel Generation. Through Expert guests, current topics and loads of hilarious stories we hope not only encourage people to travel the world, but be safe and stay unapologegetically melenated.

There are numerous ways that you can fly for reduced fares or for free, providing you know the right places to go and the right techniques to use. There are certain websites you can go to that offer highly reduced fares and even airline error fares, giving you the opportunity to fly for the cheapest prices imaginable. One minute you’re sitting behind a screen, the next you’re lounging by the pool in some exotic location with a cocktail in hand, laughing to yourself when the person next door to you says they’ve spent thousands, while you’ve spent only a fraction of that price.

Whether or not you see the Northern Lights in Iceland, it's still an incredible escape, and some things you can do in Iceland whatever the weather. (According to the Icelandic there is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.)

Welcome aboard ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of myself, your host Sicily Stanton, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Take a Flight Podcast with service around the world. We’ll be stopping along the way for tips, guides, and stories that will inspire and motivate you to book that trip and see what the world has to offer.

My Two Centuries in Africa is a humorous, affectionate, intimate book about Africa. It’s a personal memoir about how a guy from Indiana accidentally spent almost 40 years in Africa and lived to tell about it. (Book One covers the 20th century, from 1980-2000 when the author lived and worked in North and West Africa).

I am a solo traveller from Thailand who has visited 51 countries, 100+ cities across 6 continents. I have a story to share, and I'm excited to do it here with you all. Join me as I speak with people from all walks of life about how travel has played a role in our lives and how it has enabled us to connect with people through the years, build businesses and succeed our their careers, and most importantly, how travel has contributed to the people we have become today You can follow my journey on Instagram at @catchingflightswithranvir

As the memoir of an aerobatic master born to fling his body through cloudbanks, Spitfire Wingman from Tennessee offers a unique birds-eye view of events and personalities of WWII and the Cold War. Encounters with Patton, Vandenberg, Yeager, Truman and Nixon are replayed with perception and wit. While jockeying P-40s, P-51s, and P-47s, he was privileged to see the war both from twenty thousand feet and as a Staff Officer at 9th Air Force HQ in Brussels.