Dancing the skies and falling with style - Paperback

by Calvin Shields (Author)

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 and with a newfound sense of optimism businesses 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 war-time 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 and rigid age.Everything had changed, forever....