The Self-Improver - A Pilot's Journey

I was on the last leg of my first cross country flight. My next radio call would be to ask permission to land. I began to relax. I was nearly home. That is when the aircraft''s engine stopped.

The Self Improver is an autobiographical account about how a university drop-out took his first steps towards becoming the world''s most experienced Boeing 747 captain. Author Nick Eades was going nowhere fast when it struck him that after all, he was destined to follow in family footsteps and become a pilot. The book takes us into the cockpit to follow his journey to captaining one of the most iconic aircraft ever flown. The Self-Improver relates Nick''s step-by-step path up the aviation ladder. Working his way through a variety of jobs, he enrols and pa