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Glamour in the Skies is the first book to celebrate the stewardesses of British Airways and their predecessors from 1936 to 1980, widely agreed to be the golden age of air travel - a time which personified optimism, excitement and a feeling of boundless opportunity for both passengers and airline crew. The air hostess, as she was known initially, began her British career in a one-engine propeller plane crossing the English Chan-nel and ended up in Boeing 747 jets and the supersonic Concorde. Ex-hostess Libbie Escolme-Schmidt combines history with hundreds of surveys and interviews from re-tired and current cabin crew, enabling the reader to follow the development of the role of the stewardess through the early years of discrimination to her present-day career equality. During this
period flying evolved from a potentially dangerous adventure to a remarkably safe and comfortable means of international travel and through it all the air hostesses were there.Their appearance changed over the years, from the 1940s military look to the mini-skirts of the 1960s, and the caring mother figure to the sexy corporate prod-uct, as the role was glamorised to almost iconic status, becoming a dream career for millions of young women worldwide. Glamour in the Skies is packed with many anecdotes, ranging from administering oxygen to passengers flying over the Andes, to serving French champagne on Concorde. Covering training, sexual discrimination, disasters, passengers, glamorous stopovers and other temptations, this illustrated book presents the changing times in air
travel through the eyes of the stewardess and offers the perfect tribute to the girls who walked the skies. This fabulous, richly illustrated history of air travel from the 1940s to the 1980s revels in the glamour, the romance - and the...realities of life as a trolley dolly in the Jet Age. Sunday Express magazine This delightful book will please anyone interested in airline history...Well done girls! ***** (Absolutely outstanding) Aeroplane As [Libbie Escolme-Schmidt`s] fascinating new book reminds us, the excitement and romance of air travel was personified by the air stewardess...Irish Independent (Eire).. .a fascinating, frank and sometimes funny portrait of life in the skies during the halcyon days of air travel...Fasten your seatbelts for a nostalgic and illuminating flight.
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Glamour in the Skies is the first book to celebrate the stewardesses of British Airways & their predecessors from 1936 to 1980, widely agreed to be the golden age of air travel
- a time which personified optimism, excitement & a feeling of boundless opportunity for both passengers & airline crew. The air hostess, as she was known initially, began her British career in a one-engine propeller plane crossing the English Chan-nel & ended up in Boeing 747 jets & the supersonic Concorde. Ex-hostess Libbie Escolme-Schmidt combines history with hundreds of surveys & interviews from re-tired & current cabin crew, enabling the reader to follow the development of the role of the stewardess through the early years of discrimination to her present-day career equality. During this period flying evolved from a potentially dangerous adventure to a remarkably safe & comfortable means of international travel & through it all the air hostesses were there. Their appearance changed over the years, from the 1940s military look to the mini-skirts of the 1960s, & the caring mother figure to the sexy corporate prod-uct, as the role was glamorised to almost iconic status, becoming a dream career for millions of young women worldwide. Glamour in the Skies is packed with many anecdotes, ranging from administering oxygen to passengers flying over the Andes, to serving French champagne on Concorde. Covering training, sexual discrimination, disasters, passengers, glamorous stopovers & other temptations, this illustrated book presents the changing times in air travel through the eyes of the stewardess & offers the perfect tribute to the girls who walked the skies. This fabulous, richly illustrated history of air travel from the 1940s to the 1980s revels in the glamour, the romance
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Engine - A machine designed to convert fuel into motion

Flight - The process of of an object moving through the air

England - A country within the United Kingdom.

History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.

Day - The time it takes a planet or other space objects to complete one rotation.

Adventure - an undertaking of an exciting challenge or experience.

Nostalgic - A memory for familiar things and wanting to get it back.

Champagne - Sparkling white wine, originating from Champagne region in France.

Glamour - A quality of elegance and sexually attractive sophistication

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