Ditching the Sky

A Memoir of Triumph Against All Odds

De: Heidi A Porch

Narrado por: Heidi A. Porch

Heidi's story is extraordinary. Imagine being 540 miles from land, with nothing but water in sight, and then experiencing every pilot's worst nightmare - a complete engine failure. Heidi's fixed-gear Cessna bounced off the ocean's surface, flipped onto its back, and began to sink. What followed was a nine-hour ordeal, battling 10-foot seas in a tiny life raft, with the shadow of the Cold War looming as she was finally rescued by a Soviet vessel. Her story is not only one of survival, but of aspirations realized, love found, and then lost, and how childhood trauma became of source of strength to be called upon. It is a harrowing tale of courage, resilience, and the enduring human spirit.

©2024 Heidi A. Porch (P)2024 Heidi A. Porch

Heidi’s tenacity and humor.

Heidi does a great job of balancing the technicalities of flight with her ditching story.

This Would Make An Epic Movie

What a tale, to navigate across the Pacific using radio relay and dead reckoning would take skills and grit.

A true travel adventure.

I'm recommending to book club friends and those who like adventure.

Amazing story!

Wonderfully told from beginning to end! Authentic, vulnerable, honest. Really made me feel I was experiencing it as I listened. Remarkable!

Great read, a true pioneer.

Loved the pace and the accomplishment she’s done as one of the first female airline pilots.

Outstanding story of a young pilots survival after ditching in the ocean.

A great read, very interesting and riveting book. Heidi does a great job telling her story of flying small aircraft across the Pacific Ocean.

A True Story That Makes a Great Audiobook

I listened to it straight through without stopping, as I usually would with an audiobook. Couldn't put it down. What an impressive woman. It is nice to see a woman who works really hard, especially in a predominately male occupation, to achieve her goals. And it is quite a story to have an airplane engine quit flying over the Pacific Ocean. Wow. This is an inspiring story about an impressive lady..

Fascinating true story

This was a great book to listen to. I really enjoyed the details Heidi went into about both her personal life as well as the technical aspects of being a ferry pilot over the ocean.