TITLE | THE RAINBOW AND THE ROSE | Remarks |
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Published: | 1958 | |
Setting: | 1950s with flashbacks to 1930s and World War I | |
Story: | A retired airline pilot sets up his own air taxi company and crashes whilst attempting a hazardous recovery of a sick child. In fever, he recalls his RFC flying and a tragic love affair with a lady aviator. A former colleague attempts a rescue in appalling weather conditions and encounters a lady from their past. | |
Locations: |
Tasmania
Hounslow and The Western Front in WWI An English Flying Club |
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Main Characters: |
Captain John Pascoe, retired Airline Pilot
Captain Ronnie Clark, Airline pilot Mrs Brenda Marshall, Johnnie's student |
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Flying Episodes: | All part of the Story | |
Aircraft: |
DC6B; AusCan Airways; DC3
Taylorcraft; Auster Clerget; Camel; DH Moth |
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Flying Characters: |
Johnnie Pascoe (RFC), later club instructor, then airline pilot, then air taxi pilot
Captain Ronnie Clark, airline pilot (DC6B) Brenda Marshall, Johnnie's student |
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Aviation Location(s): | As noted below | |
Aviation Activities |
Tasmania (to/from isolated short strip)
RFC Training Flights near Hounslow RFC aerial combat on the Western Front Club Flying in England – Yorkshire and to France Semi-routine airline operations |
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Additional Comments: | A wonderful amalgam of flying. It combines hazardous rescue operations, with flashbacks to dare-devil RFC escapades, interwoven with a tragic love affair at a Yorkshire flying club. |