I Think I'm Going to Be an Airline Pilot

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>How does a boy from the 'burbs who grew up playing in the tip at the end of his street on the outskirts of Sydney in the 1940's become a commercial pilot flying out of Singapore? </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ken White is many things. He's a loving husband father grandfather and retired commercial airline pilot who enjoys nothing more than a good chat over a meal and a glass of wine. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Follow Ken's adventures misadventures and hijinks in this memoir of growing up in post-World War II Australia as he learns both aircraft mechanics and how to fly as well as how driving a car with only three doors and a broomstick holding up the roof doesn't endear one to young ladies' fathers. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But it's not all dances and dalliances. Ken learned to fly before computerised autopilot software trained many Captains and First Officers himself and had a front row seat in the 1989 Australian pilots' dispute. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A great snapshot of a life lived both on home turf and overseas in the time when it was considered Australia was finding its identity. As Ken always says It all turned out alright in the end! </span></p>