Wings of Paradise: Hawaii's Incomparable Airlines
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.96 (984 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0970159447 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Peter Forman is a pilot and a writer. His experience aloft includes time as a barnstormer and flight instructor, plus years in the captain’s seat of Hawaii commuter airliners and jets of a major U.S. This is his second book. airline
Following peace in 1945, social upheavals in the territory paved the way for the birth of Trans-Pacific Airlines, later known as Aloha Airlines. Learn of the stewardess who lost her skirt inflight, the racing, the Belfast Blunder, the Macon freight dogs, the near calamities, and the determined souls who built these airlines. The author spent twenty years researching this book to give you an insider’s view of this fascinating tale. Step inside and let pilot Jimmy Hogg take you on a stormy-weather flight above the wave tops in a Sikorsky S-38 amphibian. No two airlines ever shared a more tumultuous relation-ship than Hawaiian and Aloha Airlines with their near-mergers, lawsuits, and relentless efforts to gain advantage. You are cordially invited to join us now for a first-class journey through these pages of history. Would-be third carriers enliven the story as Skybus, Mid-Pacific, Discovery, and Mahalo maneuver for airspace. Join federal inspector Bill Capp for a dramatic trip to Honolulu’s John Rodgers Field on the morning of December 7, 1941. From the eve of the Great Depression to the end of World War II, the territory’s skies belonged to Inter-Island Airways, predecessor of Hawaiian Airlines. Follow the action right up th
From Mark Twain Through Peter Forman Thomas W. Lane When Mark Twain called Hawaii: "The lovliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean," it took him a long time to visit the fleet. Aviation changed that for malahinis (newcomers and tourists) and kamaainas (natives and long time residents). Peter Forman's Wings of Hawaii is both a detailed history of how this developed and an insight into the romance of both the industry and the islands.From seaplane flights, through new views of the attack on the Day of Infamy, from an exploding airliner to price wars, Forman has us in the pilot's seat. Read this for Forman's knowledge of the. Guy B. Goodboe said A Very Good Book!. I loved this book! I must admit a bias, in that that I grew up in Hawaii, and flew as a pilot for some of the airlines mentioned in this book. Forman tells an exciting, accurate story of Hawaii aviation. The book reads like a novel, with not a tedious sentence printed. I highly recommend this book for aviation/airline fans. You'll enjoy it!. "One of the best books on the industry" according to B. Etgen. This book draws from such rich and varied sources that it really shines. I will read it again with equal pleasure.The book manages to do justice to its title while still giving careful vignettes of the personalities, planes and times. So much of what happens in this story is influenced by other events in the industry that the entire setting gives you a good sense of why decision were made and why they turned out the way they did.Soon into the book I realized that parts of it I would want easy access. I also made a list of the fascinating developments that surprised me. Here are a few:
airline. This is his second book. About the Author Peter Forman is a pilot and a writer. . His experience aloft includes time as a barnstormer and flight instructor, plus years in the captain’s seat of Hawaii commuter airliners and jets of a major U.S