In 1965, Hailey published Hotel, an inside look of the hotel industry that placed 8th on the annual bestsellers list. 1980's Airplane! is largely based on the film version of Flight into Danger, titled Zero Hour! Flight into Danger and another of Hailey's television plays were adapted into novels. In 1955, Hailey wrote the screenplay initially broadcasted in April 1956, titled Flight into Danger, about an old fighter pilot who is on a commercial plane when the pilot and copilot succumb to food poisoning. He divorced Fishwick in 1950 and married Sheila Dunlop in 1951, to whom he was married the rest of his life. In 1947, he moved from the UK to Canada, becoming a naturalized citizen with dual citizenship in 1952. When World War II hit, Hailey joined the Royal Air Force, In 1944, he married Joan Fishwick. The son of a factory worker, financial challenges led Hailey to drop out of high school. Arthur Hailey (1920-2004) was born Luton, Bedforshire, England.
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