Skygirls: A Photographic History of the Airline Stewardess Hardcover – August 24, 2012

This "Cocktail Table" sized picture book is really a photographic history of commercial aviation using the evolution of the flight attendent as the vehicle for recounting this history. For any person who has spent lots of time flying over the years (that would be me!), it is really fun to see how and from what starting points the current civil aviation experience has been derived. The days of prime rib, escargot and vintage wines have devolved into a lousy bag of stale peanuts, but being able to see in thie book examples of "those were the days, my friends, those were the days..." is fun. For people who travel this book is clearly enjoyable. Also for those of us who like vintage planess there are lots of good pictures. All in all I am very satisfied with thie book.

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Bought this as a gift for a flight attendant friend. She loved it!

I married a stewardess and can attest to the fact that she found very little in this volume that wasn't spot on. Quite a book, well written and authentic in every way.

Not as packed with photos or text as implied by the listing. Priced fairly but I was hoping for something a little more comprehensive

If you're not American Airlines or PSA, the chances are slim that you'll find what you want. I haven't "read" it from cover to cover, but I don't think I'm going to find Western Airlines in there. It is a good book for looking back at the historical "Grand Days of Airline Travel".

Photographs and text are outstanding, interesting, engaging and revealing of our history of service in the air. I gave the book as a gift to flight attendant friends but not before several well-traveled, art-appreciator friends admired it first! That I was able to have Mr. McAllister sign it put the icing on the cake!

I was a stewardess for Northwest Airlines in the 1950s and wrote the book "Fujiyama Trays & Oshibori Towels. Recalling a time when passenger flight was an adventure and the Boeing Stratocruiser ruled the Skies," also available on Amazon.