THE HIGHER THEY FLY

by Christopher Hodder-Williams ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 13, 1964

The harder they fall -- in this case a new Jet Four which leaves some of its undercarriage on the runway. Involved in the prospective disaster are the passengers aboard and the crew, its Captain Crooke and his handsome, hollow co-pilot Truman; some of the personnel of the company which manufactured the plane, and of the airlines now flying it; and in particular Robert Fleming, an engineer-pilot who had been grounded as unfit because of Truman, and who had also warned that the plane itself was unfit some two years previously. Fleming now has the chance to redeem himself when, from the ground, he directs the operation in midair which will permit the plane to be landed (a procedure this writer used in an earlier book). It's a real squeaker of a situation, and while the story itself is fuelled with predictable stuff (the mechanism of men under stress; solid navigational detail, and a little romance) it's all high-test. The market should suggest itself, Gann and David Beatty have flown this frequency.

Pub Date: May 13, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Putnam

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1964

Categories: FICTION