Life Lessons from the Sky

Life Lessons from the Sky

New Zealand adventure pilot Nick Neynens has written an inspirational book about his adventures on the wing

9 June, 2025, by Tarquin Cooper

Nick, tell us about Life Lessons.

It’s something I thought of writing over 10 years ago, and then I thought, no, it’s not really worth it for the time it takes. But after I had my accident in June 2022 I thought, okay, if I’m ever going to do it, I’ve got the least excuses now! 

What’s the story? 

It basically covers about 15 years of flying mostly vol-bivouac. A lot of the X-Alps stuff I just skip over. Each chapter’s got a theme. One has a freedom theme. The next one is mostly Pakistan. At the time I wanted to do things solo and independently – just get on a bus and hike up a hill and try and fly and hope for the best. That’s the theme of a chapter in South America. It was fun to write and think back on all the adventures. 

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