Red Beans & Ripcords (Paperback)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

146355026X / 9781463550264

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Paperback. Mike Marcon has written of a time in the 1960's when sport parachuting, or "skydiving," as it is called today, was just starting to come into its own as a sport. In the U.S., Europe and across the world, even in the Soviet Union, small groups of jumpers would gather at local airports and grass airstrips on the week-ends. The equipment they used was usually military surplus -- their aircraft, a mixed bag of smaller airplanes.Mike's early days as a jumper took place mainly in the south, starting first in Mississippi and later, in Louisiana. Mike reveled in the sport as a young guy with nothing on his mind but jumping, girls and partying. He was the master of practical jokes. The characters he recounts in "Red Beans & Ripcords" are varied and slightly off-balance.There was Major Goody who tried to kill a cat with homemade nitroglycerine, and Swartz who jumped with his dog. There were the first-jump students he trained and the jumpers who became his extended family. There were the ocelots kept as pets that terrorized the various visitors that visited his parachute center. There were outrageous drinking games and eating unbelievable amounts of a southern staple, red beans and rice. You'll roar with laughter at the story of "Eddy and the Body." And, through it all, there was Leon, the Cajun, his mentor and friend. You'll most likely hear the sound of Zydeco music in the pages of this book. See what life was like for early sport parachuting pioneers. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Titolo
Red Beans & Ripcords (Paperback)
Autore
Mike Marcon
Editore
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Anno di pubblicazione
2011
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
146355026X
ISBN 13
9781463550264

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