"Sam was not a religious man but said that if he were ever to be persuaded, it would be down to the actions of HMS Fiji's Pastor that night who swam around to offer solace to many of those in the water. He probably knew he would not survive, having already seen many of his ship-mates slip away. He was one of the 250 crew who drowned. His was surely an example of a truly selfless act."
"You can guess what happened next. It was always going to happen no matter how much walking, trotting or cantering we were going to do. Yes, as our trail of horses crossed the runway, we could hear and see the Comet approaching fast on our left. It came right over us at a height of about 50 feet, jet engines screaming, its vast body like some alien spaceship dragging its shadow along the ground at fearsome speed."
"It invokes something chilling and prehistoric. I quite expected to see flocks of Compsognathus scampering around in the dirt between the slender trunks. Birds, dinosaurs of course, fluttered around in those dark woods - we saw jays and heard woodpeckers, their flashes of colour, chit-chatterings, twitterings and hammerings echoing through the canopy."
"At the same time Doctor Alex, my neighbour and local GP from 1988 onward, chose to poke his head through the hedge to see what I was up to. 'Hi Pete', he said to the back of my head, just a few feet distant, failing to notice the straps that held the gas mask in place."
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Broschur/Paperback
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Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 26 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-80369-658-4 (9781803696584)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
In 1969 Peter Hills graduated from Surrey University with a degree in computing and control engineering. He became a Chartered Engineer in 1975. He worked for Sperry Gyroscope, later British Aerospace, in Bracknell and played a leading role in three major projects for the Royal Navy. Those projects all involved the Sperry 1412 computer, for which he was one of a five-strong 'skunk works' development team.He met Lindsay at Sperry Gyroscope, where she too was working on military projects. Professional and personal relationships developed, leading eventually to their marriage in June 1980 and the creation of a new business. The Hills' moved to Weyhill and set up Pacts Auction Systems - in so doing switching from military to commercial software development. Over the next 30 years, Pacts Auction Systems became the pre-eminent supplier of back-office technology for regional auction houses. It was used at over 200 auction venues and processed over £300 million of auction sales each year. Lindsay's role in the success of that business cannot be overestimated. And for up to four weeks in all of those years the extended family and friends had their riding and boating adventures that are the subject of this book.Peter and Lindsay retired when Pacts was acquired by Bidpath Corporation in 2016.
