The lost pilots
Subtitle: the spectacular rise and scandalous fall of aviation's golden couple
By: Corey Mead
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9781432854737
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Scandals; Man-woman relationships; Large type books; Air pilots; Biography; Women air pilots
Description: During the roaring twenties, Jessie Miller flees a passionless marriage in Australia for London and the Bright Young Things. She meets Captain William Lancaster, married and fresh from the Royal Air Force with a scheme to outdo Charles Lindbergh: fly from London to Melbourne. And Jessie is the perfect co-pilot. Landing in Melbourne, Jessie and William are international celebrities and deeply in love. But the 1929 crash mixed with bootleg booze and scandal leads to a shocking crime, a trial that rivets the world, and a reckless act of abandon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-482).
Table of contents: title: Part I. Red rose; title: Bright young things ; A nimble liftoff; title: Single-mined abandon; title: Arrival; title: part II. A new world; title: Grand welcomes; title: Flying solo; title: A change in fortune; title: To Miami; title: Future unknown; title: Mental agony; title: Eager, drunken love; title: The tortures of the damned; title: A man of many secrets; title: A terrible thing; title: Forgeries; title: The scarlet woman; title: part III. Flight to nowhere; title: Those dim days of the past that are dead; title: A tissue of lies; title: American justice is all wet; title: The man from Auburn; title: The verdict; title: A tragic figure; title: This period of agony; title: Epilogue: The past reaches out.