Island Girl to Airline Pilot
Exisle Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-922539-61-8 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.04.2023 |
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| Verlagsort | Auckland |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 640 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-922539-61-9 / 1922539619 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-922539-61-8 / 9781922539618 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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