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ADVANCE INFORMATION
Flying from
Shangri-La
What it was really like in the “Worst
Place to be a Pilot”
Matt Dearden
KEY SELLING POINTS
The memoir of Matt Dearden, who started in the hit Channel 4 docuseries: Worst Place to be a Pilot.
An inspiring story of how the author completely changed his life and overcame mental health issues.
Proof that there are still daring and risky adventures to be had in the true story of a computer geek turned
bush pilot, flying the most dangerous routes on earth.
Illustrated with a selection of the author’s photographs and a series of hand drawn maps.
"Who knew paradise would be this dangerous?”
Stuck in a boring office job, Matt wasn’t happy. Suffering with debilitating anxiety issues, he could feel his life
wasting away. Something had to change. One flying lesson was all it took to set him on a journey to escape the
mundane and embark on an adventure to a land unknown…
Matt’s life went from answering emails to flying the most dangerous routes in one of the world’s last frontiers:
Papua. Plane crashes, tropical diseases, tribal villages and jagged, jungle covered mountains were the new
normal.
If you enjoyed the hit Channel 4 TV series, Worst Place to be a Pilot, then you need to read Flying from
Shangri-La. It’s informative, funny, tragic and proof that real adventure still exists. Have you ever wondered
what it would be like to leave your normal life behind and risk everything to fulfil a dream?
Matt Dearden is a commercial pilot and author, who went from computer geek to daring bush pilot during a
seven-year adventure flying in the jungles and mountains of Indonesia. He starred in the hit Channel 4 TV series,
Worst Place to be a Pilot and now lives in Leicestershire.
Publication Date: 28th September 2024 £22.00 ISBN: 9781805145417
Thema subject category: DNC – Memoirs
hardback 234 x 156 mm 384 pp Portrait Author location: Leicestershire
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