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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
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Dancing the Skies and Falling with Style
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Calvin Shields
- Publisher
- Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1800160798
- ISBN13
- 9781800160798
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
- Description
- 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...