Author(s): Martin, John Cavaick

Biographies & Memoirs

Aged 17, guitar slung low. Bright, promising and positive. With our whole lives ahead of us, we are invincible. A decade later as John Martin flew his topdressing plane over the back blocks of Te Puke - a chilly dawn, a girl on a horse and a friendly wave, a spluttering engine, crash and burn. John Martin's esperiences have certainly shaped his life and the person he is today. While physically he ploughed into a hillside, his personality bounced. "Just Shut Up and Jump" is more than just a story about running a flying business. It is a story of what makes us tick. How a positive attitude and a 'never say die' approach can help the human spirit wing it through unimaginable horrors. There's not an ounce of self-pity, or drawn-out medical dramatics. John's irrepressible character exudes from ebery page. He has taught us that we all have the ability to be strong in will, adaptable and even benefit from life's cruel changes of direction. John Martin is positive, living proof.