TWA O'Hare Aviation's Golden Age

ISBN-13: 9781456345037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 278 str.

George H. Swanson; Catharine Culver Birkhauser

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Was there a "golden age" in Commercial Aviation? If so, when; and what was it like to work at the world's then busiest airport boarding passengers, selling tickets, and managing? This is the inside scoop told by a TWA employee of almost 30 years. You'll see behind the scenes and meet the people, experiencing how they relaxed and worked in the 60's, 70's and 80's. This is the inside scoop told by a TWA employee of almost 30 years. You'll see behind the scenes and meet the people, experiencing how they relaxed and worked in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Learn how a heroic Hostess thwarted a deadly skyjacking and escaped death in the hands of a madman. The book is filled with never before published photographs and items from the author's personal collection. Here is history, romance, and what it was REALLY like during those chaotic years when commercial flying grew up