Amazing Australians in their flying machines / Prue & Kerry Mason ; illustrations by Tom Jellett.

By:

Mason, Prue

Contributor(s):

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781922244635
1922244635

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

629.13

Contents:

15 April 1851: Dr William Bland -- 12 November 1894: Lawrence Hargrave -- 5 December 1909: George Taylor -- 12 November 1914: Richard Williams -- 10 December 1919: Ross Macpherson Smith -- 12 April 1921: Bert Hinkler -- 5 December 1921: Norman Brearley -- 17 May 1928: John Flynn -- 1932: Nancy Bird -- 7 November 1935: Charles Kingsford Smith -- Australian Aviation Today -- Authors' Note.

Summary: Imagine what it was like to travel to far-off places before there were aeroplanes. For early 20th-century Australian, it could take days, weeks, or months just to get where they were going. Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines tells the stories of ten brave Australians, including the youngest licensed woman pilot Nancy Bird, who took to the skies and changed the face of aviation forever.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Non Fiction	Bayview Library	629.13092 MAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R00371JSLGB
Non Fiction	Dee Why Library	629.13 MAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R01961FSLGD

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Imagine what it was like to travel to far-off places before there were aeroplanes. For early 20th-century Australian, it could take days, weeks, or months just to get where they were going. Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines tells the stories of ten brave Australians, including the youngest licensed woman pilot Nancy Bird, who took to the skies and changed the face of aviation forever.

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