Francis Meyrick: 6 books

Francis 'Moggy' Meyrick has logged over 12,500 flight hours including a wide variety of helicopter applications all over the world. His 'Tuna Manual' describes the many pitfalls that face raw, inexperienced recruits to the 'Tuna Fields'. Both low-time pilots and experienced...

The Tuna Helicopter Industry is regarded by many as the Wild West of helicopter flying, and Francis ‘Moggy’ Meyrick describes his personal experiences as a pilot on board Taiwanese and Korean fishing vessels in the Pacific Ocean. This collection of short stories has it all – hilarity and tragedy,...

In this book Francis Meyrick wanders unashamedly on the spiritual and contemplative side of life. Describing himself as a ‘seeker’, Moggy freely admits to a more or less continuous state of mild confusion. In the first of these 58 short stories, he invites us to join him for a ride on his motorcycle....

When you fly all over the world, logging over 12,500 flight hours during several decades as a ‘chopper jockey’, you meet all kinds of people. As Francis ‘Moggy’ Meyrick puts it: ‘Some mothers do have ‘em!’ He has interacted with the fascinating cultural mixture aboard Taiwanese Tuna...

The helicopter industry has always counted amongst its ranks a certain type of restless nomad. A misfit, flouting convention, who travels the world in a constant search for adventure. Not for him the large, lumbering, twin-engine, two crew helicopter ‘school bus runs’ – well paid, but soul destroying....

This novel, written by a long time open cockpit biplane pilot and World War One History buff, explores the extreme physical and mental burdens placed casually on the shoulders of brave young men. The Continent's finest marched boldly off to war, to the enthusiastic cheers of patriotic crowds....