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Costner meets Selleck, a narrative with a twist in the tail.Two pilots, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, defy death in an attempt to save some hostages from a fanatical rebel terrorist group. Just be careful of what you wish for because the power of the universe acts in strange ways to make your wishes come true.
Two friends who grew up together and have gone to war together are now charter pilots flying mining spares up into the heart of Africa. Their lives have become boring and they are stuck in a rut. They embark on another boring flight up to Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when their aircraft develops mysterious engine problems and they are forced to land in Zambia in the middle of nowhere. The only place nearby is a copper mine which happens to be holding a dance that night for their staff. The two tag along and out of the blue Mac meets the girl of his dreams. Suddenly the two pilots are unwittingly drawn into a hostage drama and end up putting their own lives on the line to rescue some hostages that are taken. Includes bonus material.
Michael MacLeod
Michael MacLeod was born and educated in Benoni, South Africa. After completing his military training as an infantry soldier at the 2nd South African Infantry Battalion in the deserts of Walvis Bay, Namibia and seeing action in the ‘Border War’, he became an aircraft maintenance engineer and worked for one of the world’s leading international airlines before retiring. He has travelled South Africa extensively. Among his other interests are designing and building of aircraft, electronics, clock making, woodworking and is also a part time inventor.
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Ride The Restless Wind - Michael MacLeod
Ride The Restless Wind
By
Michael MacLeod
An African Adventure
Intro
Two pilots, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, defy death in an attempt to save some hostages from a fanatical rebel terrorist group.
Just be careful of what you wish for because the power of the universe acts in strange ways to make your wishes come true.
Two old friends, Mac and Jock, both pilots and divorced, fly an old Dakota DC3 all over Africa. They are going through a mid life crises and their lives become boring and monotonous and they wish for some excitement and adventure. But in this modern day and age there is no excitement left or any new discoveries to be made, is there? Suddenly they find themselves caught up in a hostage drama, putting their own lives on the line.
Ride The Restless Wind
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ISBN: 9781311395498
First edition:
2009
This edition 2023
Printed and published by Mike MacLeod,
Benoni.
South Africa.
cammhifi@gmail.com
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Constructors Mate
Introduction to Capacitors
The Lost Art of Loudspeaker Design
The Ultimate Loudspeaker Design
Crossovers
Map Reading and Navigation for Everyone
Anodising at Home
Novels:
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Dedicated to Jock Sinclair
Glossary of South African terms
(The following terms are italicized in the book)
2 SAI, Second South African Infantry
Battalion, Walvis Bay, Namibia
in the 70's and 80's.
7de Laan, Local soap opera on SABC 2
television.
afkak, Afrikaans: Literally
shitting off or having a hard time.
Ag, Afrikaans for 'oh' as in 'Oh, alright!'
AGL, Aircraft term: Above Ground Level.
ANC, African National Congress
apartheid, The Afrikaners policy of
separate development.
babbelas, Afrikaans: hangover.
bakkie, Afrikaans: Pick-up truck or
utility vehicle.
baro, Aircraft term: barometer.
basics, The first six weeks of
training in the army.
beanie, knitted woollen cap.
big five, Originally used only by
hunters,the term 'Big Five'
refers to five of Africa's
greatest wild animals -
buffalo,elephant,
leopard,lion,and rhino.
biltong, unique South African way of
drying beef strips for eating
as a snack.
bird shit, Army slang: referring to an
officer's badges of rank on
his shoulders.
Boer War, The Great War fought between
the Afrikaners and the
British Empire from 1899 - 1902.
boerewors, Afrikaans: a minced beef and
fat sausage.
boet, Afrikaans: short for
broeder or broer, meaning
brother. Also: Rhodesians say bru.
bokkie, Afrikaans: small buck.
bonnet, car’s engine cover or hood
in America.
boogey man, The mythical bad man that
our parents used to frighten
us with when we were naughty.
braai’s, Afrikaans: barbeques.
bundu, wild bush or fields.
cell number, cellular phone number.
charfing, the act of chatting up a
person for a date.
cheers, either a term for saying
goodbye or as a toast when
drinking.
chick, girl.
china, slang for mate, from British
slang: china plate, used as a
sarcastic remark.
chow, food.
Ciao, popular way of saying goodbye,
pronounced 'chow'. Probably
adopted from the Italian
prisoners of war that were
held in South Africa.
claymore mines, an explosive device standing
knee high and detonated by
trip wire blasting out
horizontally.
clicks, term used to describe the
action of pressing a radio's
microphone pressel switch for
communicating without talking.
COMM licenses, commercial pilot’s license
cutline, The name for the border fence
between Namibia and Angola
built by the Germans of the
then South West Africa.
dagga, African name for marijuana, or
daga for cement mix.
Dak, Douglas Dakota DC3.
dice, to race.
DJ, disc jockey.
dog biscuit, army slang for the square dry
energy biscuit in ration packs.
donkey pump, hand operated pump, usually in
a 44 gallon (200 litres) drum.
doos, Afrikaans: for box, also
women's vagina.
doppies, Afrikaans: empty cartridge
cases.
DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo
drag, road
Dutchy, English speaking person's
derogatory term for an
Afrikaner, short for Dutchman.
eish (aysh) African: Used to express
surprise, wonder,
frustration or outrage.
Engelsman, Afrikaners derogatory name for
an Englishman, also Rooinekke.
ETE, Aircraft term: estimated time
enroute
experimental aircraft, a category of home built aircraft.
flats, type of communal dwelling as
in American apartments.
frosty, ice cold beer.
geweer, Afrikaans: rifle, R1 or
nowadays R4.
GPS, global positioning system.
Groen Dakkies, nickname of a state run
asylum, named after it's green
roof.
guys, collective term for a group of
people boys or girls.
gyros, gyroscopic platform used in
certain aircraft instruments.
HaLo, army term: for High altitude
Low opening parachute jump.
highveld, South Africa is divided up
geographically into four
regions, namely: the coastal
belt, the Karoo, the central
highveld and the eastern
escarpment or lowveld.
'hot', army term for having a bullet
in the chamber and the safety
catch off.
Howsit, South Africanism for how is it.
IP, Internet Provider.
IV pack, intravenous drip.
Ja, Afrikaans: yes, pronounced: 'yah'
Joburg, popular name for Johannesburg,
also Joey's or Jozi.
kay’s, short for kilometres.
kak, Afrikaans: shit.
kilo’s, short for kilograms.
knackered, buggered or tired.
kraals, mud huts used by many rural
Africans.
laaitie, Afrikaans: youngster.
leg over, term for sexual intercourse.
lekker, Afrikaans: nice or great.
leopard crawling , army term for the action of crawling
on your stomach using your elbows
and knees to propel yourself along
the ground keeping a very low profile.
lift, or elevator.
looty, army term: for a Lieutenant.
macky, mechanic.
mag, aircraft term: magneto, also a
rifle magazine
meisie, Afrikaans: girl.
melk tert, Afrikaans: milk tart.
mic, microphone.
mielie, Afrikaans: cob of corn
mine dumps, are the unique piles of yellow sand
left over from the mining process and
are a familiar sight around Gauteng Province.
Mossies, Afrikaans: sparrows.
Mpumalanga, one of South Africa's 9 provinces.
muti, Zulu: word for medicine.
N12 highway, All motorways in South Africa
are numbered, with highways
starting with the letter N,
while main routes start with
M, e.g. M1. Secondary roads
start with R, e.g. R62.
NAAFI, army slang: for No Ambition
And Fuck-all Interest.
now now, If a South African says now,now
he really means later, maybe never.
O-group, order group. A meeting held by
a commander when issuing the
days battle plans to his
officers and NCOs’.
ou's, Afrikaans: guys.
Owambo piele, army slang for tinned
sausages, literally meaning
penises.
pap, Afrikaans: maize meal
porridge.
'percy', name for a penis.
Parabats, army term: for Parachute
Battalion, also known as Bats.
Elite infantry unit in the
South African National
Defence Force.
pavement, pedestrian sidewalk
piss creeks, term for small light aircraft.
pissed, drunk.
pissed off, cross, angry.
piss ups, drinking spree, good night out
PT, Physical Training.
QM, Quarter Master stores.
rag, tease.
Rand, Rand airport in Germiston
rec, recreational hall.
recce, reconnoitre, also
Reconnaissance Commando
of the South African Defence
Force, i.e. the elite special
forces similar to the SAS.
regmaker, Afrikaans term used for any
thing that alleviates a hangover.
robots, Traffic lights.
rockspider, English speaking person's
derogatory term for an Afrikaner.
rondawels, Afrikaans: round walled
chalets with thatch roofs.
SAA, South African Airways.
scheme, think.
skinner, Afrikaans: for gossip.
sluiping, Afrikaans: for sneaking off.
sms’s, short message service on cell