Born to Fly

Ryan Campbell, Grant Cartwright

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ABC Audio
01 August 2014

Memoirs; Aviation skills & piloting

When Ryan Campbell was six he fell in love with aeroplanes. It was a passion that was to dominate his childhood and it was no surprise when at 15 Ryan became the youngest pilot in Australia. Inspired by his father and grandfather who were also aviators, Ryan sought a challenge and, like adventurers before him, he found one that spoke to him more than the rest. He wanted to fly around the world, solo, in a single-engine aircraft.

In Born to Fly, Ryan recounts his remarkable journey from a boy with a dream to becoming, at age 19, the youngest person ever to circumnavigate the world solo in a single-engine aircraft, and shares with us the joy of flight.

Showing maturity, determination and courage beyond his years, Ryan fundraised $250,000 from scratch and drew on the advice of renowned aviators such as Jim Hazelton ('a man who has more hours adjusting his seat in a plane than I do total flying time') and Dick Smith before setting out on his thrilling 70-day odyssey. In Born to Fly, Ryan captures all the dry-mouthed excitement of flying alone above the earth with only one engine and recounts his adventures from staying calm with iced over wings, landing in a country where you are not welcome and dealing with international media when still a teenager.

Ryan landed 31 times in 15 countries and covered more than 24,000 nautical miles, while trying to avoid that 'alternative aerodrome', the ocean.

Born to Fly is a fascinating view of the world from above, shown to us by a dryly funny and highly charismatic man who has already done more in his short life than most of us do in a lifetime.

By: Ryan Campbell
Read by: Grant Cartwright
Imprint: ABC Audio
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Simultaneous Release
Dimensions: Height: 134mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 205g
ISBN: 9781486223916
ISBN 10: 1486223915
Publication Date: 01 August 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Ryan Campbell is an aviator and an adventurer. At 15 he became the youngest pilot in Australia. At 17 he had a private pilots licence, at 18 a commercial pilot's licence and a year later, aged 19, he made international headlines as the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo in a single-engine plane and achieve his dream. Now with his feet firmly planted on the ground, Ryan is planning to travel Australia inspiring young people to follow their dreams both in, and beyond, aviation. Grant Cartwright is an award-winning actor who has performed extensively in Australia with the Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, La Mama Theatre and many others. A 2005 graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Grant returned from New York where he performed with the Manhattan Repertory Theatre and the 45th Street Theater. He frequently lends his voice to many international film productions for English Language dubbing, and among his screen credits is the HBO mini-series The Pacific.