| TITLE | LONELY ROAD | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Published: | 1931 | |
| Setting: | 1920s | |
| Story: | A lonely, wealthy, retired Naval Officer picks-up a dance hall hostess and takes her home to live with him. He becomes embroiled with gun-runners threatening the security of the country. | |
| Locations: | Dartmouth | |
| Main Characters: |
Malcolm (Cdr Stevenson RN Retd)
Miss Mollie Gordon |
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| Flying Episodes: | (All incidental to story) | |
| Aircraft: |
Rawdon Dabchick flying-boat
(flown solo round the world by Stenning)
DH Moth |
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| Flying Characters: |
Sir Philip Stenning Air Transport and then Air Taxi pilot (knighted after flying round the world)
Lady Joan Stenning |
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| Aviation Location(s): | Round the World Flight - solo - 40,000 miles; Took nine months. Landed on the Thames; Dartmouth (Kingswear); London - Paris | |
| Aviation Activities |
Round the World Flight
Commercially sponsored advertisements and kit. produced cine-film Rawdon Aircraft Company |
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| Additional Comments: | Aviation episodes only incidental but a pointer to the plots of later Shute novels |
