How Long to Read The Lost Pilots

How Long Does it Take to Read The Lost Pilots?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read The Lost Pilots by Corey Mead

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Sahara Desert, February 1962: the wreckage of a plane emerges from the sands revealing, too, the body of the plane's long-dead pilot. But who was he? And what had happened to him? Baker Street, London, June 1927: twenty-five-year-old Jessie Miller had fled a loveless marriage in Australia, longing for adventure in the London of the Bright Young Things. At a gin-soaked party, she met Bill Lancaster, fresh from the Royal Air force, his head full of a scheme that would make him as famous as Charles Lindbergh, who has just crossed the Atlantic. Lancaster wanted to fly three times as far - from London to Melbourne - and in Jessie Miller he knew he had found the perfect co-pilot. By the time they landed in Melbourne, the daring aviators were a global sensation - and, despite still being married to other people, deeply in love. Keeping their affair a secret, they toured the world until the Wall Street Crash changed everything; Bill and Jessie - like so many others - were broke. And it was then, holed up in a run-down mansion on the outskirts of Miami and desperate for cash, that Jessie agreed to write a memoir. When a dashing ghostwriter Haden Clark was despatched from New York, the toxic combination of the handsome interloper, bootleg booze and jealousy led to a shocking crime. The trial that followed put Jessie and Bill back on the front pages and drove him to a reckless act of abandon to win it all back. The Lost Pilots is their extraordinary story, brought to vivid life by Corey Mead. Based on years of research and startling new evidence, and full of adventure, forbidden passion, crime, scandal and tragedy, it is a masterwork of narrative nonfiction that firmly restores one of aviation's leading female pioneers to her rightful place in history. PRAISE FOR THE LOST PILOTS "TRUTH can sometimes be stranger than fiction... The Lost Pilots lacks nothing in terms of excitement and intrigue, sex scandals, romance, adventure and misadventure. " Daily Telegraph "This is an extraordinary tale with a "wow" ending." Canberra Times

How long is The Lost Pilots?

The Lost Pilots by Corey Mead is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Lost Pilots Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read The Lost Pilots aloud.

What Reading Level is The Lost Pilots?

The Lost Pilots is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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