{"product_id":"born-to-fly","title":"Born To Fly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“I will never forget my first flight, the feeling of being pushed back in the seat, the rumbling that suddenly turned into silence. It fascinated me then, it does now.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ryan Campbell was six, he fell in love with aeroplanes. Inspired by his first flight, and his uncle and grandfather who were both aviators, flying was a passion that dominated his childhood. It was no surprise to his family and friends when at 15 Ryan became the youngest pilot in Australia. Then he found a challenge that spoke to him more than the rest…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eBorn to Fly\u003c\/b\u003e, Ryan recounts his remarkable journey from a boy  with a dream to becoming, at age 19, the youngest person ever to circumnavigate the globe solo in a single-engine aircraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the advice of renowned aviators such as Dick Smith, Jim Hazelton (‘a man who has more hours adjusting his seat in a plane than I do total flying time’) and mentor Ken Evers, Ryan fundraised and planned with great determination, before finally setting out on his thrilling 70-day odyssey, landing 34 times in 15 countries and covering more than 24,000 nautical miles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his wings icing up over Greenland’s glaciers to a heart-stopping moment in the midst of Indonesian airspace; abuse from an airport official in Greece, to awe at the sight of molten lava entering the Pacific, this real-life adventure story shares with us the dry-mouthed terror and heady exhilaration of flying alone with only one engine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBorn to Fly\u003c\/b\u003e is a fascinating view of the world from above from an inspiring young Australian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most extraordinary aviation adventure of the decade. A great story in the spirit of Charles Kingsford-Smith and Bert Hinkler.’ - Dick Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ryan Campbell:::101448","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452366778643,"sku":"9781488742798","price":2.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2700\/9972\/products\/9781488742798_428c7fef-cc54-469a-ae26-445c096456d5.jpg?v=1633308677","url":"https:\/\/www.millsandboon.com.au\/products\/born-to-fly","provider":"Mills \u0026 Boon Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}