Beyond Lion Rock: The Story of Cathay Pacific Airways [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Gavin Young (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0091737249 | ISBN-13: 978-0091737245 | Publication Date: December 1988 | Edition: illustrated edition

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.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Gavin Young (1929-2001) was a journalist, writer, and briefly a member of MI6. As a journalist, he was most associated with the Observer, being in the words of Mark Frankland's obituary 'a star foreign correspondent'. When disenchantment with journalism set in he turned to the writing of books. The two most famous ones are Slow Boats to China and its sequel Slow Boats Home. He himself had a particular affection for two later books In Search of Conrad (winner of the Thomas Cook Book Award) and A Wavering Grace. These and Beyond Lion Rock, From Sea to Shining Sea, Return to the Marshes and Worlds Apart are all being reissued in Faber Finds. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Hutchinson Educational; illustrated edition edition (December 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0091737249
• ISBN-13: 978-0091737245
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #695,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Lion Rock, April 13, 2001

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alfred (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond Lion Rock: The Story of Cathay Pacific Airways (Hardcover)

This book presents a wonderful story of the growth of Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways. A large number of first hand accounts are cited. The 2 chapters on the investigation of 2 misterious CX accidents are exceptional and movie-like, ie. the crash of a DC-3 in the late 1940s (which is always said to be the first recorded hijack in world history) & the explosion of a Convair 880 over Vietnam in early 1970s. This book is definitely a must for aviation history lovers.

4.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Lion Rock, December 18, 2009

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Becky Pendaflex "Becky" (Ma, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beyond Lion Rock: The Story of Cathay Pacific Airways (Hardcover)

Great Order. very pleased with the shipment, wish it could have gotten to me sooner but over all it was good.