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“This is the story of men and machines, a tale that took fifty years to unfold and is still being written.” – Robert J. Serling
One year before Lindbergh flew the Atlantic, Western began flying the U.S. mail from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. Those were the wild and woolly days of aviation, when freewheeling pilots braved impossible odds on almost every run — flying the treacherous Rocky Mountain routes in wood-and-fabric biplanes, without benefit of instruments. They navigated by following the railroad tracks — and at first the only passengers they attracted were thrill seekers willing to endure the ride perched on top of a mail sack.
But Western advanced with the aviation industry, expanding rapidly in the thirties and shifting to passenger service as its prime source of revenue. The airline now flies approximately twenty-two thousand passengers a day to more than forty cities in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Here is a full-scale, comprehensive, and compelling history of America’s oldest scheduled air carrier — Western Airlines — which celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1976. The story of Western’s birth, growth, and expansion is the story of commercial aviation in America.
Robert J. Serling’s career as an aviation writer began with the UPI in Washington. He has applied his extensive knowledge of flying and aircraft to such novels as The President’s Plane Is Missing and She’ll Never Get Off the Ground, and such non-fiction works as Maverick The Story of Robert Six and Continental Airlines.
Read Online The Only Way to Fly The Story of Western Airlines America&rsquos Senior Air Carrier eBook Robert J Serling
"Not many authors can write non-fiction that become page-turners. Robert J. Serling certainly could. He so eloquently brings out the human element of the history of companies, in this case the fascinating history of America's "most senior airline" - Western Airlines. Anyone with an interest in or connection to the airline industry of yesteryear would want this history on his/her bookshelf, probably together with the other volumes Serling wrote about American, Alaska, Continental, Eastern and TWA."
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The Only Way to Fly The Story of Western Airlines America&rsquos Senior Air Carrier eBook Robert J Serling Reviews
- Western was my favorite airline in my youth and this book tells a wonderful story of how this company was a part of the largest transcontinental carrier, only to be forcefully broken apart and taken back to it's origional LA to Salt Lake City route. This well writen account tells of the many struggles of route growth, merger attempts, good and bad management, and the success of a well crafted ad campaign. Robert Sterling has an incredible grasp of airline history and how to bring the reader into the back room and inner dealings of the air companies.
- Not many authors can write non-fiction that become page-turners. Robert J. Serling certainly could. He so eloquently brings out the human element of the history of companies, in this case the fascinating history of America's "most senior airline" - Western Airlines. Anyone with an interest in or connection to the airline industry of yesteryear would want this history on his/her bookshelf, probably together with the other volumes Serling wrote about American, Alaska, Continental, Eastern and TWA.
- Anything Serling has written about aviation is a must-read for pilots and airplane buffs.
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- Engagingly written, this book traces the history of WAL from the days of biplanes to the advent of the DC-10. It's grounded in interviews with many who were there and features wonderful anecdotes of the kind you might hear if a bunch of old airline people got together for a few beers. It is also the story of old-school management, both visionary and short-sighted. Western experienced more than its share of turmoil at the top, and Serling documents this with insight into the personalities as well as the issues. Though the story ends in the mid-70s, before deregulation, it is nonetheless a fascinating look at the nuts and bolts of the airline business in its early decades.
