The Super-Jet Girls

by Bernard Glemser

Attention please! Sesame Airlines announces the latest in young, beautiful, vital, gleaming, TOUCHABLE stewardesses: Nancy Flynn and company (Julie, Janet, Nina, Arlette, Antoinette, Gerda and WOW!). The girls are off on a 'round-the-world good will tour. On the ground the natives are restless - and willing. In the air, it's Guy-in-the-Sky - Warren, Ryan, Bill and the rest of the crew.

Watch out for turbulence! These chicks are the latest in SST - Super Skirt Turbulence - THE SUPER-JET GIRLS. Before them, Rome trembles, London totters and Africa screams!

Genres: Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Bernard Glemser was born in England, worked for the BBC, served in the Royal Air Force during WWII, and served as a Cultural Officer at the British Embassy. He became an American citizen after living in the United States for a decade.

Reviews

[Diane Schneider · Rating 3 out of 5]

The blurb on my edition implies that the book is going to be a light-hearted sex romp, but the story is really a tamer woman-oriented romance story. All the same, the story was well-written and an easy read. I always enjoy reading romance novels from the 60's especially, just to observe how dating rituals have changed.

[Krista · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun, trashy, whirlwind story of an airline stewardess's global adventures and love affairs in the swingin' 60's. Surprisingly PG rated - no cursing or sex scenes; whatever Nancy and her lovers actually get up to is either implied or happens "off-screen". Which is refreshing because it kept the book light and I wasn't embarrassed to be caught reading it on my lunch break. Ordinarily I might dislike a character like Nancy Flynn: she's pretty, popular, successful, and her only main problem is too many wealthy men being in love with her! But she's written in an engaging and interesting way and she doesn't come across as conceited or spoiled. This is basically a travel/romance novel but not like the kind that are published today. It's very much a product of its time in the sexist way the (strictly female) cabin crew members are treated; also there are casually racist remarks used to describe the non-white stewardesses. These remarks are delivered so matter-of-factly it's a harsh reminder of how normalized racist stereotypes were back then. However, the descriptions of the cities and the plush hotels and the 747 jet were fun to read about. And I was surprised that the male author wrote a first-person female character pretty well.

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just a fun trashy novel