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'I laughed til I cried!!' --Sir Richard Branson
Mike Kendrick may not be a household name in USA ballooning circles but it should be. A fast-living PR man, he saw a balloon flying overhead in the early 1970 s and bought it. It was called Thursday's Child. From very humble beginnings, Kendrick would conquer a fear of heights and rise up to create the world s largest lighter-than-air operation (The Virgin Airship & Balloon Company) with his friend Sir Richard Branson. Thursday's Child is the story of one man's rollicking, sometimes raucous, lifestyle both on the ground and in the air. Kendrick's no nonsense storytelling will have you laughing, crying, and sometimes gasping for breath as you rush to turn the next page. --Ballooning Magazine
Larger than life meets lighter than air in the persona of Mike Kendrick. His rollicking tales of how he became a balloonist, how it changed his life, and to a certain extent how he changed ballooning, will have you gripped from beginning to end. --Aerostat
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Thursday’s Child is a warts and all tale which places a Black Country lad under the microscope as we discover how he achieved success - including becoming Sir Richard Branson’s business partner for over twenty years! It is a remarkable story of one man’s journey from a poor council house to the dizzy heights of success. If you are not crying at Mike Kendrick’s suffering - you will be laughing at his expense. Kendrick took up the dangerous and unpredictable sport of hot air ballooning – because he was terrified of heights. Placing himself in almost impossible situations, just for the thrill of the ride and to push himself to the extreme and beyond! We experience his often shameful and promiscuous life in club land. His obsession with aviation and his discovery of true love. How fortunes were made and lost and his life hanging in the balance as one crash followed another. Since 2000 Mike has been chief executive of The Mineseeker Foundation. It was the late Princess Diana who first planted the idea of setting up a charitable company that tried to combat the possible 70 million mines in the world that lay undetected.
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- VerlagJMD Media
- Erscheinungsdatum2014
- ISBN 10 1780913834
- ISBN 13 9781780913834
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Auflage1
- Anzahl der Seiten244
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