Beyond Lion Rock: The Story of Cathay Pacific Airways

by Gavin Young

Book Overview

In 1946 Roy Farrell and Syd de Kantzow's beloved, battered wartime DC-3 touched down in Shanghai for the first time. On board was a cargo of morning coats and toothbrushes from New York, forging the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140121528
• ISBN13: 9780140121520
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.6" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Beyond Lion Rock

Great Order. very pleased with the shipment, wish it could have gotten to me sooner but over all it was good.

Beyond Lion Rock

This book presents a wonderful story of the growth of Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways. A large number of first hand accounts are cited. The 2 chapters on the investigation of 2 misterious CX accidents are exceptional and movie-like, ie. the crash of a DC-3 in the late 1940s (which is always said to be the first recorded hijack in world history) & the explosion of a Convair 880 over Vietnam in early 1970s. This book is definitely a must for aviation history lovers.