Behind the Smile During the Glamour Years of Aviation
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (802 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615827640 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 234 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Arlene L. Kerans said Don't bother to read. felt it was written by an amateur. Wayne Zurl said Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about flight attendants but were afraid to ask.. I’m dating myself with this statement, but this is the most entertaining thing to happen to the airline industry since COFFEE, TEA OR ME.The author worked for a charter airline and flew during the 1960s, the golden age of air travel. The 707 was the mansion of the skies. Passengers dressed like ladies and gentlemen and ate and drank as we did in the finest restaurants.Flight attendants were attractive, caring and efficient. A long distance flight was an experience, an adventure, whether we were going on vacation, heading toward the uncertain or home to our families. F. The Glamour Years of Flying by a Stewardess I loved this book. I started flying for a major airline in 1969. Although I didn't work the MAC flights I did work flights to and from Travis Air Force Base and the Midwest, taking the young servicemen back and forth to war My husband served in the Army in Vietnam 1969 - 1970 and has told me many stories. Some funny and some very sad so I especially related to Bobbie's stories of the MAC flights.I also had the wanderlust so I truly enjoyed her stories of her travels in the Middle East. While I didn't go there, I did travel to South Africa. on my own twice in the early seven
* Arnold Gingrich award recipient from the International Federation of Fly Fishers for her first book, FLYFISHING ALWAYS. * Twenty-year member of OWAA, the Outdoor Writers Association of America. . * Writes travel and history series for The Connection, a local newspaper in Lenoir City, Tennessee. * Associate Member of Retired Eastern Pilots Association. Barbara Wolverton, known as Bobbi Phelps Wolverton, grad
This sounds like an awful lot to put into one book but it turns out to be true. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: A former flight attendant relates her adventures in the 1960s and '70s: harrowing landings, unruly passengers, sexual escapades, babies being born, and terrifying episodes in such war zones as Vietnam and Egypt. Quill says: BEHIND THE SMILE is a real page-turner with very real adventures using humor, excitement and sometimes sadness to get the point across. --Feathered Quill by Mary Lignor . --Feathered Quill by Mary LignorFEATHERED QUILL: The author tells us that this book was written about Sex, Humor and Terror during the Glamour Years of Aviation. This sounds like an awful lot to put into one book but it turns out to be true. November 26, 2013. This book is a fascinating read and includes some wild stories about crews and their passengers, weird passengers, and trips to fascinating and exotic places. November, 2013. November 26, 2013. This book is a fascinating read and includes som
* Sexual escapades. It was also hard and often dangerous work. In this historic airline memoir, Bobbi shares fascinating true tales that shocked her friends and parents: * Harrowing landings in extreme weather. * Babies born during flight. Eager to taste adventure at age 23, Bobbi Wolverton became an international flight attendant in 1965. BEHIND THE SMILE takes us on a roller coaster ride of laughter and drama, giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the joys and heartaches of working in the airline industry during its most glamorous era.. It was a more innocent and glamorous time of travel, when passengers dressed formally, smoking was permitted, and captains allowed in-flight visits to the cockpit. Stories are set in such exotic locales as Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, and Egypt. * Terrifying episodes in war zones. * Unruly passengers. But there was another side to her profession