For five decades, beginning in 1933, Duncan McLaren has been dedicated to planes. He serviced them, flew them, tested them, and later in his career, he leased, traded and bought them. McLaren flew the Canadian Arctic, the uncharted Labrador, and the bush country of the north for the Hudson's Bay Company. In World War II he was a civilian pilot doing the priority work of testing military aircraft. In 1953 he went to work for Central British Columbia Airways, soon to be re-named Pacific Western Airlines. His story includes the development of PWA from its beginnings as a bush line, its corporate acquisitions and the part it played in the construction of the DEW Line in the 1950s. In 1962 his aviation interests expanded with a move to the United States and the worldwide leasing of transport aircraft, including the conversion of the fleet to jet aircraft. Eight years later, McLaren was assigned, as president and CEO, to the financially troubled Interior Airways, of Alaska. He describes the State of Alaska's first bankruptcy and how he salvaged the airline.

From Bush to Boardroom

Engineering & Transportation

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For five decades, beginning in 1933, Duncan McLaren has been dedicated to planes. He serviced them, flew them, tested them, and later in his career, he leased, traded, and bought them. McLaren flew the Canadian Arctic, the uncharted Labrador, and the bush country of the north for the Hudson's Bay Company. In World War II, he was a civilian pilot doing the priority work of testing military aircraft. In 1953 he went to work for Central British Columbia Airways, soon to be re-named Pacific Western Airlines. His story includes the development of PWA from its beginnings as a bush line, its corporate acquisitions, and the part it played in the construction of the DEW Line in the 1950s. In 1962 his aviation interests expanded with a move to the United States and the worldwide leasing of transport aircraft, including the conversion of the fleet to jet aircraft. Eight years later, McLaren was assigned, as president and CEO, to the financially troubled Interior Airways, of Alaska. He describes the State of Alaska's first bankruptcy and how he salvaged the airline.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Jacky threw a look through the window and saw some patrol cars, which came nearer and nearer. Fast she put the jewellery into her pocket from the trousers and left the room. She ran the stairs up. Gloria sat already on the roof again; she helped Laura with the old clothes. As Laura was on the roof, too, Jacky climbed up the rope. Gloria stretched out her hand and helped her onto the roof. The three women exchanged a look together as they heard how someone opened the entrance from the museum. The alarm bell stopped her sound. Hurry up" Jacky pushed Laura and Gloria over to the other rope from the helicopter. Gloria squeezed the picture, which she had stolen under her arm and climbed up the rope. Laura had it more difficult: She threw the clothes about her shoulder and fastened them on to her belt. Then she pulled herself up the rope. "Stop - Police! Hands up" a voice sounded loud over the roof. Jacky turned around. A man hung on the rope what they had needed to come into the museum and out. He grabbed the frame in order to come onto the roof. "Climb up" Jacky called to Laura and Laura disappeared into the dark night. Jacky ran to the parapet where she had fastened to the rope. She took out her knife - and cut the rope . . .

Jaguar

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

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It is commonly agreed that the churches of Europe are in crisis-but why? How can we explain their dramatic decline over the past four decades? In particular, why do contemporary people struggle to believe? And how might the churches address this crisis of credibility? Are there already signs of hope? And what can tenacious forms of religion teach the churches as they go about their task of mission? Mission Implausible tackles these questions using the tools of sociological analysis. It argues that much of the blame for church decline is misplaced and that a broader explanation is required which sets the current crisis within a historical and sociological perspective. Written for church leaders, theologians, students of theology and sociology, and all those concerned with Christian mission, Mission Implausible explores a range of strategies aimed at rebuilding a social climate favorable to Christian belief.

Mission Implausible: Restoring Credibility to the Church

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Wipf and Stock

Mission Implausible: Restoring Credibility to the Church (Studies in Religion and Culture)

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