In the darkness, however, the crew, and pilots, did not know how secure it was and they scrambled off the boat for the safety of terra firma. |
What makes apparently sane people leave the comfort of terra firma to fly, to glide, to fall, to swoop or to jump out of planes at 12,000 feet? |
On terra firma the young albatross is hopelessly clumsy, but once gliding, it's poetry on the wind. |
A world record holding hydroplane which for more than a decade has idled on terra firma in a South Lakeland museum is to take to the water again. |
Illustrated with pictures from space as well as a few taken on terra firma it deals with all aspects of weather both devastating and wonderful. |
As he and Luke came in for a perfect cornfield landing, I ran over to welcome them back to terra firma. |