Great Australian Aviation Stories

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: ABC Books
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 253 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: Today flying is part of our everyday lives; we take a plane to go on a holiday, to attend a wedding, a funeral, a birthday, or a reunion - even for our work. Yet only 75 years ago the skies were still the domain of pioneers, and adventurers. This was the era of Australias aviation legends.Join Jim Haynes, and Jillian Dellit, in a very special tribute to Australias rich aviation history as they share the stories of the characters, pioneers, heroes, and adventurers whose triumphs, tragedies, and near misses, made commercial flight a reality for us all.Here are the amazing true stories of Smithy, Ross and Keith Smith, Bert Hinkler, Amy Johnson, and Nancy Bird-Walton - and many more, less famous, but no less brave. Great Australian Aviation Stories includes tales of our early outback aviation pioneers, and daring feats of bravery by our flyers in both World Wars. Stirring first-hand accounts of history-making flights across uncharted oceans, and continents, by Kingsford Smith, and Ross and Keith Smith, go hand-in-hand with the history of towns like Mildura, and Narromine, which became aviation centres, and remain part of our heritage.

ISBN: 9780733317071