New Kai Gersten Book
- From: "Karin Schlosser/BTlink" <karin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <hhsc1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:09:39 -0400
New Kai Gertsen Instruction Manuals & Memoirs to benefit US JUNIOR Soaring Team
Now for Sale at HHSC Flight Center
When Kai Gertsen passed away last year, he left a treasure of written stories
as well as his common sense, humor riddled, instructional manuals on Spinning,
Cross-Country Soaring and Off-Airport Landings. Now, these life and soaring
stories and the manuals are combined in a new book titled Desperate to Fly,
published by BTLink Publishing. Following his wish, all profits of the book
will be donated to the US JUNIOR Soaring Team.
In his book, Kai describes with colorful details and dry humor about growing up
in beautiful Copenhagen as a happy, carefree, only child surrounded by parents
and grandparents. Vivid stories of Danish traditions, family, and summer
vacations in the countryside are told with great love for the country he left
behind. During WWII, he finds his passion - gliders - and forges friendships
that last a lifetime. When he is 17, the family decides to move to the Yukon
Territory where things don't turn out as expected. He describes the families'
difficult years there with humor and pride, despite the dire living
circumstances which lacked 'the finer things' they had become accustomed to in
Denmark. When finally making his way out of the Yukon, he finds Helga, moves to
the U.S. and gets back into soaring. For the next 55 years, he fills his life
with family and cross-country soaring, with amazing flights to show for it -
and not just on the good soaring days.
Kai Gertsen was a pilot at heart, with cross-country soaring as his passion,
and a desire to share his love for soaring by instructing others. With his
instruction manuals added as appendices, Desperate to Fly is a great
instructional tool for students and their instructors; as he did in life, Kai
continues to teach, inspire and make you laugh.
Price $23,- plus tax ($24.84 total) Pay with cash or check at Flight Center,
or for credit card purchase go to www.BTLinkpublishing.com
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