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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.41
EAN: 9780954992903
ISBN: 0954992903
Label: Albyne Press Limited
Manufacturer: Albyne Press Limited
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 182
Publication Date: 2005-05-15
Publisher: Albyne Press Limited
Release Date: 2005-05-15
Studio: Albyne Press Limited |
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Summary: Both an adventure story and a health memoir
Comment: Douglas Cairns was enjoying racing and jets in the RAF when he was diagnosed with diabetes, a diagnosis which seemed to put an end to his top speed life. His career as a fighter plane pilot was over - but his determination to both fly again and raise awareness of diabetes resulted in his Diabetes World flight, chronicled in Dare To Dream: Flying Solo With Diabetes Around The World In 159 Days. Both an adventure story and a health memoir, Day To Dream is passionate about flight and living life to its fullest.
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Summary: Dare To Dream by Douglas Cairns
Comment: This is a "must read" for pilots and for people facing the challenges of the diabetes epidemic, but it is much more, and this terrific read will appeal to a much wider audience. Discrimination and fear will only decline if people like Douglas share their stories of courage and determination. It's a wonderful book with fabulous photos of this amazing journey.
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Summary: What an Inspiration!
Comment: For those of us who have traveled the world via commercial jet and boiler-plate vacations, the author of this book has had an enviable SOLO flight journey marvelously chronicled in this delightful read. Truly an inspiration to those who have had any medical challenge, especially insulin-dependent diabetes. A real eye-opener to the unfortunate state of some national public health organizations in various countries in their feeble attempts to help type-1 diabetes patients, the growing epidemic of diabetes worldwide, combined with a riveting account of world flight in a small twin-engine aircraft. Not many people can have the bravery and perserverance to combine flying solo around the world while standing up for what one believes in -- the freedom to fly ! I had no idea it was so difficult for patients with type-1 diabetes to obtain an unrestricted pilots license. It's wonderful to see how someone lived their dream to fly while having type-1 diabetes.
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"Dare To Dream - Flying Solo With Diabetes; Around The World in 159 Days" is an inspirational memoir by Douglas Cairns who carried out an extremely brave feat of flying around the world at the controls of a light aircraft with type 1 diabetes. His aims were clear: to raise awareness of diabetes around the world, in particular, to highlight that diabetes need not limit the scope of peoples' dreams and ambitions. In 1989, Douglas Cairns was a jet flying instructor in the British Royal Air Force when his doctor told him, “You are a diabetic, and you WERE a pilot,” and that he would never be able to fly again due to the risk of low blood sugars and incapacitation. "Dare To Dream" tells how Douglas returned to his flying dreams 14 years later using a private pilot’s license in the USA, and in 2002 carrying out “Diabetes World Flight” at the controls of a 1970 Beech Baron B58 twin-engine aircraft. Douglas gives an extremely compelling and frank description of his loss of flying career, adapting to life with a chronic medical condition, changing career, and after regaining the freedom to fly, his diabetes fact-finding flight around the world lasting 159 days through 22 countries.
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