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"'Highly entertaining reading. Frater introduces some marvellous characters... and absurd incidents that had me laughing out loud. If, like me, you find air travel irresistibly exciting, you'll have great difficulty putting this down' TIME OUT 'Whether being mown down by stampeding Baghdad-bound passengers in Cairo airport, or battling with Indian Airline staff (and failing) to reconfirm six vital going-on flights from Delhi, or being lured unwittingly into a souvenir shop selling pornographic wood carvings in Lombok, or hitting tropical cyclones Ferdinand in a 748 en route from Sumba to Bali, Frater rises above it all with humour, style and a wonderfully sharp eye' Evening Standard"
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‘Highly entertaining reading. Frater introduces some marvellous characters . . . and absurd incidents that had me laughing out loud. If, like me, you find air travel irresistibly exciting, you’ll have great difficulty putting this down’ TIME OUT
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'd first read Frater's 'Chasing the Monsoon' and loved his warmth and humanity, love for people, and his wryly amusing style. This is even better: he meets the usual rag-bag mix of people and listens to their stories, and tells you loads about the modern world (and this is a truly global book) and throws in for good measure a history of early aviation and a wealth of knowledge about modern flying too as he travels from England to Australia following the route of the first flying boats to make the journey sixty years ago. To learn so much in such an interesting fashion is a treat, the gift of only the very best travel writers, and Alexander Frater is up there with the greatest.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Frater is sometimes too descriptive for my tastes, I get bored with his floral tendencies but they seldom emerge in this book to spoil the tremendous job he does in not only traveling as near as possible to the old Empire Flying Boat routes but reliving the experience through those he interviews. Ever indeed the traveling journalist this is probably his best book by far. Highly recommended for anyone interested in pre-jet age air travel.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Alexander Frater avoids the usual chronicle to give a series of digressions on the early history of aviation. Not only does his trip involve speaking to the pioneers of passenger flight, but also a route never again to be attempted. He captures the romance and adventure of the early days of commercial aviation, and the wry observations of how the golden age of the airliner has matured today.
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Brilliantly written and evocative
A superb book by a master of words, evoking with an almost palpable sense of yearning and loss the ghosts of a time when aviation was a wonderful adventure to mysterious lands.
Published 4 months ago by G. Hill
A great read
I really like this book. I've read it a few times in print and have now bought it for my Kindle. It's both a great history of air travel and a super travel book. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mark Hill
Just a fabulous read
Had this in a well thumbed paperback and read it at least twice a year, now have it on Kindle so it won't wear out. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Scribbles66
Beyond ...
Excellent book, but feeling a bit of a geek for enjoying yet another flying boat book.
Published on 17 Mar 2010 by Charley Farley
A Brilliant book
Must have read it at least three times now and never tire of the wit, humour and writing, a super book for anyone who enjoys travelling.
Published on 18 Jan 2010 by Ron Brown
Something Different
I normally read novels or autobiographies and had never really managed to get through a travel book - however the great days of Imperial Airways and those romantic flying boats... Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2009 by Simon Whitaker
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