Early Flying Days In Hong Kong

Author : Len Cowper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781490707396
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Flying Days in Hong Kong written by Len Cowper and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of a pilot's life in the Far East in the 25 years from 1957 to 1982. A story of a man of great determination with great humour and zest for life. This is also a story of Cathay Pacific Airways from the early days of three propeller driven aircraft, struggling to survive, through to a major international airline operating over one hundred heavy jet aircraft including 747s. It covers the period when Hong Kong was starting to emerge from the war years through to becoming a world trading centre. It is a book about aviation and characters, Hong Kong and people. It should probably have an R18 rating, yet it is not fiction and tells it the way it happened. Which doesn't always make for an easy read, but it does make for a good one.

Author : John D. Wong
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684176662
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hong Kong Takes Flight written by John D. Wong and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commercial aviation took shape in Hong Kong as the city developed into a powerful economy. Rather than accepting air travel as an inevitability in the era of global mobility, John Wong argues that Hong Kong’s development into a regional and global airline hub was not preordained. By underscoring the shifting process through which this hub emerged, Hong Kong Takes Flight aims to describe globalization and global networks in the making. Viewing the globalization of the city through the prism of its airline industry, Wong examines how policymakers and businesses asserted themselves against international partners and competitors in a bid to accrue socioeconomic benefits, negotiated their interests in Hong Kong’s economic success, and articulated their expressions of modernity.

Author : William Heilman
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435711858
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Pilot's Tale - Flying Helicopters in Vietnam written by William Heilman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 60's were a time of turmoil. A war was raging in Southeast Asia and across the country on college campuses, protests against the war were shutting down classes. The country was divided. The author recounts stories about becoming a helicopter pilot and flying two tours of duty in Vietnam during this period.

Author : Anthony Wells
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434903850
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Gold Finale written by Anthony Wells and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is March 2013. Teh 2012 U.S. elections have just been fiercely fought at a level of intensity that made 2004 and 2008 look mild. The key issue has been energy. The world is in an energy crisis. China wants energy and the world is in crisis...Will it be war?

Author : Eric Holloway
Publisher : SERENDIPITY
ISBN 13 : 1843941708
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stars Are My Friends written by Eric Holloway and published by SERENDIPITY. This book was released on 2005 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Armstrong Fairburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merchant Sail written by William Armstrong Fairburn and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Airman written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steve Bond
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1911621998
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shackleton Boys Volume 2 written by Steve Bond and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Full of interesting and entertaining accounts . . . presents an authentic picture of overseas life in the Kipper Fleet during that period.” —RAF Historical Society Journal After World War II, the Royal Air Force went through a considerable downsizing but retained an essential maritime reconnaissance role for the protection of British interests overseas. These areas were primarily the Mediterranean, Middle East, Far East to Hong Kong and all associated trade routes linking them to Britain and each other. With the arrival in service of the Shackleton from 1951, re-equipment with the new type initially concentrated on the home fleet of Coastal Command. The first overseas station to get them was Gibraltar in 1952, followed by Malta, Singapore, Aden and finally Sharjah. In addition to their daily routine of maritime patrols, the overseas squadrons took part in a number of significant operations. From dealing with rebellion in Aden, Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence to the Indonesian Confrontation, the Shackleton played a vital peacekeeping role. There was even a permanent detachment on the island of Gan for search-and-rescue cover for aircraft transiting to and from the Far East. The last overseas RAF Shackletons were based at Sharjah until late 1971, with a detachment from the UK remaining in Singapore until 1972. The survivors were finally withdrawn from use in November 1984. Thus, after almost thirty-three years the Shackleton’s overseas story was essentially over. Following the outstanding success of Volume One, published in 2018 and still available, Steve Bond has garnered another exceptional group of Shack operators who delight in giving the reader their tales of derring-do. Another one for the Boys’ kitbag!

Author : Gavin Young
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571287263
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Lion Rock written by Gavin Young and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1946 Roy Farrell and Syd de Kantzow's beloved, battered wartime DC-3 touched down in Shanghai for the first time. On board was a cargo of morning coats and toothbrushes from New York, forging the first post-war supply route across the treacherous eastern Himalayas. The international airline now known as Cathay Pacific was born. Gavin Young tells the swashbuckling story of an empire of the air, a thrilling, action-packed adventure that began in an era closer to Biggles and biplanes held together by wire and safety pins than to our own. 'Pioneers like Farrell and de Kantzow would have had plenty of time to enjoy the dawn over Kangchebjunga. Would thye think of us with envy or contempt, cruising seven miles up with hundreds of passengers, air-conditioning, i-flight concerts, movies, hot four-course meals with an elaborate wine line and all mod-cons? . . . All this in forty years! Could the world have changed so much and so fast?' This is Gavin Young himself eloquently reflecting on the extraordinary changes in air travel. There can be little doubt where his own sympathies lie.