A pool table stands in the open-plan living room. “The work was interesting and the quality of life fabulous,” he says, from the home he designed and built himself in Bedfordshire. On some days he was needed for only a few hours. Irwin’s job was to do the “turnarounds”: checking the plane over after it arrived and ensuring it was safe to take off again. Helios was based at Larnaca airport and had three aircraft – all Boeing 737s. Small and trim, with wavy hair, he had an affable, hands-on manner his managers liked. He was a familiar face, having worked there in 2002. That April, Helios Airways, the low-cost Cypriot airline, hired Irwin for six months. He had worked in Kuwait, China, Malaysia, the Middle East, Africa, Mexico, Miami.
The work suited him: it was well paid, and he liked to travel. Irwin went on to work for airlines such as McAlpine Aviation and Monarch, and by 2005 had been a freelance licensed engineer for 15 years. “I enjoy being around machines,” Irwin says.
Irwin was an aircraft engineer he had become obsessed with the technical aspects of planes as a young man in the Royal Air Force, following in the footsteps of his father, also an aircraft engineer and pilot. It was a convenient base, only minutes from the airport. Links below go to relevant reviews.E arly on the morning of 14 August 2005, Alan Irwin, then 44, was with his partner, Donna, and their two young children in an apartment in Larnaca, Cyprus. If you’re looking for just a general listing of movies that this site has covered (which will include some not listed below), please check our Site Index. This list of Pre-Code films was culled from several books on the subject, and while it may not be exhaustive, at least serves as a good introduction.
While this site will explore practically every movie produced between 1930 and July 1934, that doesn’t mean that all of those films are Pre-Code movies. There are lots of different definitions of what a Pre-Code film is and what constitutes it.
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