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Island Girl to Airline Pilot

- A story of love, sacrifice and taking flight
Af: Silva McLeod Engelsk Paperback

Island Girl to Airline Pilot

- A story of love, sacrifice and taking flight
Af: Silva McLeod Engelsk Paperback
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This is the incredible story of Silva Mcleod, the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot, told with frankness and wit by Silva herself.

Silva was a Tongan girl from a small island with little hope of anything beyond getting married and having babies. Her dreams of becoming an airline pilot seemed just that — dreams — until

Ken McLeod came into Silva’s life. He was an Australian hired to build a hospital on her island of Vava‘u. She started dating him despite frowns from her family. After a whirlwind romance, they got married in a traditional Tongan ceremony before moving to Australia

Silva faced challenges in Australia as a woman of color. Then came the biggest challenge of all — Ken was diagnosed with cancer. He said to Silva, ‘Do you still want to fly? Life is too short, if you have a dream, go for it.’

There were many barriers to succeeding in such a male-dominated field, but Silva refused to give in. She became the first Tongan female airline pilot and worked for the Royal Flying Doctor Service amongst other small airlines then Virgin International, flying B777s around the world.

With every new height Silva reached in her career, Ken’s struggle with cancer continued. Despite the hardships, Silva is sure she would dare to do it all over again. Dare to love a white man and dare to pursue her dream to go from island girl to airline pilot. 

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This is the incredible story of Silva Mcleod, the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot, told with frankness and wit by Silva herself.

Silva was a Tongan girl from a small island with little hope of anything beyond getting married and having babies. Her dreams of becoming an airline pilot seemed just that — dreams — until

Ken McLeod came into Silva’s life. He was an Australian hired to build a hospital on her island of Vava‘u. She started dating him despite frowns from her family. After a whirlwind romance, they got married in a traditional Tongan ceremony before moving to Australia

Silva faced challenges in Australia as a woman of color. Then came the biggest challenge of all — Ken was diagnosed with cancer. He said to Silva, ‘Do you still want to fly? Life is too short, if you have a dream, go for it.’

There were many barriers to succeeding in such a male-dominated field, but Silva refused to give in. She became the first Tongan female airline pilot and worked for the Royal Flying Doctor Service amongst other small airlines then Virgin International, flying B777s around the world.

With every new height Silva reached in her career, Ken’s struggle with cancer continued. Despite the hardships, Silva is sure she would dare to do it all over again. Dare to love a white man and dare to pursue her dream to go from island girl to airline pilot. 

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9781922539618
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1922539619
Kategori: Social diskriminering og ligestilling
Udg. Dato: 5 apr 2023
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 228mm
Højde: 152mm
Forlag: Exisle Publishing
Oplagsdato: 5 apr 2023
Forfatter(e): Silva McLeod
Forfatter(e) Silva McLeod

Kategori Social diskriminering og ligestilling

ISBN-13 9781922539618

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 352

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 228mm

Højde 152mm

Udg. Dato 5 apr 2023

Oplagsdato 5 apr 2023

Forlag Exisle Publishing

Kategori sammenhænge