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Early Flying Days in Hong Kong

Author: Len Cowper

Publisher:

Published: 2016-11-17

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 9781490707396

This is a story of a pilot's life in the Far East in the 25 years from 1957 to 1982. A story of a man of great determination with great humour and zest for life. This is also a story of Cathay Pacific Airways from the early days of three propeller driven aircraft, struggling to survive, through to a major international airline operating over one hundred heavy jet aircraft including 747s. It covers the period when Hong Kong was starting to emerge from the war years through to becoming a world trading centre. It is a book about aviation and characters, Hong Kong and people. It should probably have an R18 rating, yet it is not fiction and tells it the way it happened. Which doesn't always make for an easy read, but it does make for a good one.

Hong Kong Takes Flight

Author: John D. Wong

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2024-11-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 0674301137

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Commercial aviation took shape in Hong Kong as the city developed into a powerful economy. Rather than accepting air travel as an inevitability in the era of global mobility, John Wong argues that Hong Kong’s development into a regional and global airline hub was not preordained. By underscoring the shifting process through which this hub emerged, Hong Kong Takes Flight aims to describe globalization and global networks in the making. Viewing the globalization of the city through the prism of its airline industry, Wong examines how policymakers and businesses asserted themselves against international partners and competitors in a bid to accrue socioeconomic benefits, negotiated their interests in Hong Kong’s economic success, and articulated their expressions of modernity.

Stars Are My Friends

Author: Eric Holloway

Publisher: SERENDIPITY

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1843941708

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A Pilot's Tale - Flying Helicopters in Vietnam

Author: William Heilman

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-04-01

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1435711858

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The 60's were a time of turmoil. A war was raging in Southeast Asia and across the country on college campuses, protests against the war were shutting down classes. The country was divided. The author recounts stories about becoming a helicopter pilot and flying two tours of duty in Vietnam during this period.

Flying

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13:

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Climatological Data: National Summary

Author: United States. Weather Bureau

Publisher:

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 784

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Hong Kong's History

Author: Tak-Wing Ngo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1134630956

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Rewriting Hong Kong's history from the bottom up, the chapters investigate vital, but hitherto obscured, aspects of the colony's rise. They cover the Chinese collaboration with the colonial regime, legal discrimination and intimidation, rural politics, social movements, government-business relations, industrial policy, flexible manufacturing and colonial historiography. Drawing together contributions from historians, sociologists and political scientists, the book highlights the role played by a variety of social actors in Hong Kong's history and differs both from recent celebrations of British colonialism and anti-colonial Chinese nationalism.