This is the story of Silva Mcleod, the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot. Silva tells of the cultural changes she experienced as an island girl who married an Australian, started a family and then pursued her dream of a flying career, all set against the backdrop of the love story of her life with her husband and his battle with cancer.
This is the story of Silva Mcleod, the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot. Silva tells of the cultural changes she experienced as an island girl who married an Australian, started a family and then pursued her dream of a flying career, all set against the backdrop of the love story of her life with her husband and his battle with cancer.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Silva Mcleod was born on the small Tongan island of Vava‘u. She married Ken, an Australian, in a traditional Tongan ceremony before moving to Australia. As a woman of colour in Australia in the 1980s, she encountered frustration and racism, along with the guilt of leaving her Tongan family. Silva had always dreamed of flying and with the encouragement of her husband she braved the barriers to enter the male-dominated field of aviation. 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. Silva is a grandmother of seven and wrote Island Girl to Airline Pilot to inspire a new generation to dare to dream, no matter the odds.
Inhaltsangabe
Part 1 – Contents Prologue – Be My Voice 1. How We Crossed Paths 2. Courtship 3. The Proposals 4. Wedding of Two Cultures 5. Wife, a Different Life 6. End of the Project 7. Bon Voyage 8. The Promised Land 9. Finding My Niche in His World 10. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed 11. ‘Elisapesi – Gift of God 12. New Identity 13. Temaleti – Goddess of the Sea 14. Token of My Love 15. Home Coming 16. The Checkout Chick 17. Powerless Without You 18. Post tenebras lux – Light after Darkness
Part 2 – Contents 19. Health and a New Era 20. Love Affair that Defies Gravity 21. Spreading My Wings 22. A Dream Comes True 23. The Fear and Pain of Being Apart 24. The Gift of a Second Chance 25. Returning to the Sky 26. Royal Flying Doctor Service 27. The Virgin Granny 28. Tell Death I’m Not Ready 29. Save the Last Supper for Me 30. Liva, I am Tired 31. Flying Solo 32. Until We Meet again 33. ‘Ofa‘anga Folau a – Smooth Sailing my Love Epilogue – My Wings have been Clipped
Part 1 – Contents Prologue – Be My Voice 1. How We Crossed Paths 2. Courtship 3. The Proposals 4. Wedding of Two Cultures 5. Wife, a Different Life 6. End of the Project 7. Bon Voyage 8. The Promised Land 9. Finding My Niche in His World 10. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed 11. ‘Elisapesi – Gift of God 12. New Identity 13. Temaleti – Goddess of the Sea 14. Token of My Love 15. Home Coming 16. The Checkout Chick 17. Powerless Without You 18. Post tenebras lux – Light after Darkness
Part 2 – Contents 19. Health and a New Era 20. Love Affair that Defies Gravity 21. Spreading My Wings 22. A Dream Comes True 23. The Fear and Pain of Being Apart 24. The Gift of a Second Chance 25. Returning to the Sky 26. Royal Flying Doctor Service 27. The Virgin Granny 28. Tell Death I’m Not Ready 29. Save the Last Supper for Me 30. Liva, I am Tired 31. Flying Solo 32. Until We Meet again 33. ‘Ofa‘anga Folau a – Smooth Sailing my Love Epilogue – My Wings have been Clipped
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