- Betsy and Niki comprised the founding fleet of Cathay Pacific Airways and, as the airline grew, they found themselves in a series of extraordinary, and occasionally terrifying situations.

Captain Charles Chic Eather knew both aircraft intimately and here shares his memories in a remarkable book that is not just a thrilling read, but a valuable and unique document of a time when air travel in the Far East was as romantic as it was unpredictable.