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This is the incredible story of Silva Mcleod, the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot, told with frankness and wit by Silva herself. Silva was a Tongan girl from a small island with little hope of anything beyond getting married and having babies. Her dreams of becoming an airline pilot seemed just that — dreams — until Ken McLeod came into Silva’s life. He was an Australian hired to build a hospital on her island of Vava‘u. She started dating him despite frowns from her family. After a whirlwind romance, they got married in a traditional Tongan ceremony before moving to Australia Silva faced challenges in Australia as a woman of color. Then came the biggest challenge of all — Ken was diagnosed with cancer. He said to Silva, ‘Do you still want to fly? Life is too short, if you have a dream, go for it.’ There were many barriers to succeeding in such a male-dominated field, but Silva refused to give in. She became the first Tongan female airline pilot and worked for the Royal Flying Doctor Service amongst other small airlines then Virgin International, flying B777s around the world. With every new height Silva reached in her career, Ken’s struggle with cancer continued. Despite the hardships, Silva is sure she would dare to do it all over again. Dare to love a white man and dare to pursue her dream to go from island girl to airline pilot.
Silva Mcleod was born on the small Tongan island of Vava‘u. She married Ken, an Australian, in a traditional Tongan ceremony before moving to Australia. As a woman of colour in Australia in the 1980s, she encountered frustration and racism, along with the guilt of leaving her Tongan family. Silva had always dreamed of flying and with the encouragement of her husband she braved the barriers to enter the male-dominated field of aviation. She became the first Tongan female airline pilot and worked for the Royal Flying Doctor Service amongst other small airlines then Virgin International, flying B777s around the world. Silva is a grandmother of seven and wrote Island Girl to Airline Pilot to inspire a new generation to dare to dream, no matter the odds.
Part 1 – Contents Prologue – Be My Voice 1. How We Crossed Paths 2. Courtship 3. The Proposals 4. Wedding of Two Cultures 5. Wife, a Different Life 6. End of the Project 7. Bon Voyage 8. The Promised Land 9. Finding My Niche in His World 10. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed 11. ‘Elisapesi – Gift of God 12. New Identity 13. Temaleti – Goddess of the Sea 14. Token of My Love 15. Home Coming 16. The Checkout Chick 17. Powerless Without You 18. Post tenebras lux – Light after Darkness Part 2 – Contents 19. Health and a New Era 20. Love Affair that Defies Gravity 21. Spreading My Wings 22. A Dream Comes True 23. The Fear and Pain of Being Apart 24. The Gift of a Second Chance 25. Returning to the Sky 26. Royal Flying Doctor Service 27. The Virgin Granny 28. Tell Death I’m Not Ready 29. Save the Last Supper for Me 30. Liva, I am Tired 31. Flying Solo 32. Until We Meet again 33. ‘Ofa‘anga Folau a – Smooth Sailing my Love Epilogue – My Wings have been Clipped
