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Line 17: His first book was met with considerable resistance, not least from a number of aviators, because it portrayed pilots as ordinary human beings, susceptible to errors and mistakes. However, Beaty's work resulted in further interest in the subject, which has now become an accepted part of flying training and is a compulsory module on many private and professional flying courses. ==~~Death~~Later Career== In 1960, [[Alfred Hitchcock]] bought the rights to Beaty's novel ''Village of Stars'' but never produced the film. Another novel of Beaty's was produced as the film ''[[Cone of Silence (1960 film)\|Cone of Silence]]'' (1960) starring [[George Sanders]]. ==Death== Beaty died on 4 December 1999 in [[Slindon]], [[West Sussex]]. His wife, Betty Campbell Beaty, wrote his biography, ''Winged Life',' in 2001. ==External Links==