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6 Metre Waves. All Engines On Fire. 1 500 Km From Land.
Eric Lindner’s book Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival tells the story of pilot John Murray’s 1962 lifesaving ‘ditch’ of an L-1049H Super Constellation in the North Atlantic Ocean. The barely co
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F1 Taught Me That Speed Starts With Comfort
AS A FAN OF MOTORSPORT, I’M ALWAYS fascinated with the finer details that go into Formula One racing. Piloting the fastest racing cars on the planet subjects drivers to savage forces – up to 6 G’s under braking – which has led to an almost endless pu