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Language
English
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"An entertaining and fascinating memoir of "gifted storyteller" (People) Ann Hood's adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the Golden Age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world, Ann Hood joined their ranks. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin, found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more...
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Cassie Bowden is a globe-trotting flight attendant with a devil-may-care attitude who relishes flying off at a moment's notice to her next great adventure. But Cassie's seemingly glamorous world is suddenly thrown into a tailspin when her illegal escapades catch up with her.
Season 2 finds Cassie Bowden living her best sober life in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a CIA asset in her spare time. But when an overseas assignment leads her to inadvertently...
Author
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the years after World War II, the airline stewardess became one of the most celebrated symbols of American womanhood. Stewardesses appeared on magazine covers, on lecture circuits, and in ad campaigns for everything from milk to cigarettes. Airlines enlisted them to pose for publicity shots, mingle with international dignitaries, and even serve (in sequined minidresses) as the official hostesses at Richard Nixon's inaugural ball. Embodying mainstream...
5) Airplane!
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The persons and events in this film are fictitious, fortunately! An exfighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning. Their hilarious high-jinks spoof airplane disaster flicks, religious zealots, television commercials, romantic love - the list whirls by in rapid succession. And the story races from one moment of zany fun to the next.
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