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At the dawn of the Jet Age, flying was romantic, exciting and exclusive. Drab post-war austerity surrendered to a less restrained, less politically correct, more vibrant era. Britain prospered with a newfound sense of optimism, business flourished and airlines expanded.Colin Fairdale, an insecure public schoolboy, stumbles into a career as a pilot with BOAC at the end of the Swinging Sixties. He is a boy in a man's world of hard-drinking, boorish wartime pilots and a naïf among wild, carousing cabin crew.The high-pressure, high-octane lifestyle plays a heavy toll on his relationships as he blunders through life.The terrorist attacks on New York heralded a more serious, rigid age.Everything changed, forever...
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Dancing the Skies and Falling with Style, Calvin Shields
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2021
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- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- Dancing the Skies and Falling with Style
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Calvin Shields
- Pubblicato
- 2021
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 1800160798
- ISBN13
- 9781800160798
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa
- Valutazione
- 3 su 5
- Descrizione
- At the dawn of the Jet Age, flying was romantic, exciting and exclusive. Drab post-war austerity surrendered to a less restrained, less politically correct, more vibrant era. Britain prospered with a newfound sense of optimism, business flourished and airlines expanded.Colin Fairdale, an insecure public schoolboy, stumbles into a career as a pilot with BOAC at the end of the Swinging Sixties. He is a boy in a man's world of hard-drinking, boorish wartime pilots and a naïf among wild, carousing cabin crew.The high-pressure, high-octane lifestyle plays a heavy toll on his relationships as he blunders through life.The terrorist attacks on New York heralded a more serious, rigid age.Everything changed, forever...