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  • Paperback: 356 pages
  • Publisher: House of Stratus (January 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1842322737
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842322734
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,608,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 starsAn uplifting story that may seem trite these days...
By R. L. MILLER on November 23, 1999
Format: Hardcover
...after all, this is an age of cynicism. It's the story of nerdy scientist Theodore Honey (the British term of that time was "boffin"--it specifically targeted scentists) who discovers a potentially deadly flaw in a new airliner. The problem is that nobody but his boss Dr. Scott (from whose viewpoint this story is told) has any faith in his theory. After all, oddballs don't have very high credibility factors. So Scott sends Honey over to Canada to investigate a recent crash of one of those planes, only to have it turn out that the plane he takes is also one of that model. Which makes for a particularly gripping scene--it's the centerpiece of the James Stewart movie based on this book. Other important characters here are Honey's motherless daughter, an actress he's a fan of who's also on the flight--he reminds her of an old friend she knew before she became famous, the plane's captain who is increasingly unsure that Honey is a crackpot, plus a stewardess who not only shares her captain's point of view--but finds Honey strangely compelling in an even more important way. Nowadays you don't often find this human a story in so short a book. Shute's best known book is "On The Beach".
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe technology is dated--the story isn't.
By Gary M. Greenbaum on July 4, 2002
Format: Paperback
When Dr. Theodore Honey, a boffin of an aviation scientist, predicts that the wings on a new type of aircraft will begin falling off, he is sent across to Canada to investigate a previous crash. Bad choice--he is so unimpressive that when he learns that the aircraft he is on has already exceeded his estimated time to failure, he can only stop the flight by wrecking it when it stops to refuel at Gander. Almost everyone believes he's crazy except for a few--including the assistant director at his place of work, a stewardess, and a movie actress.
Shute is at his best in his characterizations--such as Monica Teasdale the fading American movie actress, who falls in love with Honey as she once did with a man before she became famous. She soon realizes she can never have Honey and must step aside for the stewardess, who can give him children and maintain him in his work, as well as give him love. The details are amusing--the actress, from Indiana, uses the word "hoosier" to the mystification of the British characters
As in most of Shute's books, there are no villians. The fact that many of the characters are working against each other does not make any of them evil, and when the truth is revealed, they quickly begin to work together.
For the information of readers, the book made a fairly poor movie starring (I kid you not), Jimmy Stewart as Honey. But as so few of Shute's books were made into movies, it is worth watching for that reason.
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4.0 out of 5 starsThey don't write them like that any more
By Roger Brunyate TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on February 16, 2009
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This 1948 novel was one of the first adult books I read as a boy; remembering it fondly, I wanted to see how it stood up now. The brief answer: very well, although it shows its age. Such a book could never be published today, and in many ways that is a pity.

Nevil Shute Norway was an aircraft engineer by profession, and most of his novels (of which A TOWN LIKE ALICE is the best-known) touch to some degree on flying; in NO HIGHWAY, aircraft engineering is the entire background. The narrator, Dennis Scott, is head of a research department at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, England. One of his scientists, a rather unworldly widower named Theodore Honey, is convinced that Britain's latest transatlantic passenger aircraft, the Reindeer, is liable to catastrophic metal fatigue in the tail after so many hours' flying time, and convinces Scott that all Reindeers must be grounded before they approach that maximum. Unfortunately, two aircraft have already reached the danger point. One has recently crashed in a remote area of Labrador, and when Honey is sent out to investigate, he discovers he is traveling in the other one.

Shute's strength is that he writes what he knows, straightforwardly and without frills. He assumes that the reader will be interested in the technology, and in the bureaucratic procedures that Scott must go through to convince the appropriate agencies of the danger. It is true that some of Honey's theories sound kooky, to put it mildly, and it is hard to believe that time-to-fracture is as predictable as he makes out.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA classic novel of aviation
By Michael T Kennedy VINE VOICE on January 7, 2010
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This is one of Neville Shute's best novels (I keep saying that) and a pretty good movie was made of it with Jimmy Stewart, Glynis Johns and Marlene Dietrich. The story is about a shy and rather homely aircraft engineer who was widowed in the war and lives with his eight year old daughter. He is reclusive and not very well liked by his bosses but he is brilliant. He has a theory about metal fatigue and is using a tail plane from the brand new British trans-Atlantic airliner as a test bed. It hasn't occurred to him that the test, if successful, will result in grounding the fleet of planes. Then, he learns that one of the airliners has crashed in Canada and he is asked to go to the crash site to see if the tail is intact. He is an "inside man" and doesn't want to go but he is "volunteered" by his boss. Flying across the Atlantic at night, he is horrified to learn that not only is this one of the "Reindeer" airliners but it has exceeded the safe number of flying hours according to his calculations. Upset, he confides his fears to a famous movie actress who is on the flight and who was a favorite of his late wife. The stewardess tries to discourage him from upsetting the passengers but both women begin to fear he knows what he is talking about. They make it to the fuel stop at Gander but, to prevent the plane taking off again, he pulls the lever on the undercarriage, causing the plane to settle down onto the taxiway. A furious row ensues and the story is an enjoyable scientific adventure story and a romance as both women become very attracted to this shy engineer. I read this book in the 1940s when it came out and, shortly after it was published, the British Comet jet airliners began to crash. The cause was metal fatigue. Shute was an experienced aeronautical engineer who had built up his own company before the war. He knew his subject. The book is excellent. This should be on every list of novels for engineers.
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5.0 out of 5 starsgreat book. Predates the De Havland Comet

great book. Predates the De Havland Comet.

Published 3 months ago by Skip391
4.0 out of 5 starsA Classic novel and a great read.

It may be written in 1948 but it is so beautifully done that it captures the imagination still. The story of the investigation into a potentially disasterous fault with a new line... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Sharlane Jarvis
5.0 out of 5 starsA Nice level of Suspense

I found myself unable to put down this book. Having read many of Shute's books (14) and often becoming lost in his level of technical detail, this book had the perfect balance for... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Ron Deitch
4.0 out of 5 starsNevil Shute was an aeronautical engineer, and the plot ...

Nevil Shute was an aeronautical engineer, and the plot of No Highway came straight out of his profession. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Anne French
4.0 out of 5 starsGood movie but read the book!

It's a good movie but it really doesn't capture the richness of the book it is based on, "No Highway."

Published 6 months ago by L. Lee
4.0 out of 5 starsGood book

Interesting twist to story towards end, plus story inside of story makes for interesting reading. Early century British writing is challenging but fun to read. Read more

Published 10 months ago by BP
4.0 out of 5 starsGreat story

Classic Nevil. A great story that any engineer would enjoy with a touch of romance and a bit of history.

Published 10 months ago by Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsLove this

It's wonderful to find reprints of some of Neville Shute's best stories. Shute's real-life familiarity with airplanes and engineers makes this particular work believable. Read more

Published 12 months ago by EA, South America
5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful story by Nevil Shute

One of my top five favorites written b y my idea of the greatest story teller of the twentiest century

Published 12 months ago by Bob Braddy
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat read

The story of why systems fail by the Michael Crichton of an earlier era. Could be the story of the de Havilland comet, but the story predates the Comet

Published 13 months ago by Stephen Addison

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