FLYPAST A Record of Aviation in Australia
by Parnell, Neville & Boughton, Trevor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0644079185
- ISBN 13
- 9780644079181
- Seller
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About This Item
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0644079185 . The outcome of more than 30 years of research and eight years of joint work by the authors, Flypast is a fascinating and detailed account of aviation in Australia, from 1843 to 1988. Flypast deals with every aspect of Australian civil aviation with general reference to military aviation and space, in an encyclopaedic format incorporating about 450 black and white photographs. Text entries include flight, the design and manufacture of aircraft of all kinds, the history of aviation companies, the achievements of Australians overseas, government bodies, the laws and regulations. Above all, Flypast deals with aviation events, who flew where, from what point, how high and how far and with what equipment. Eleven appendixes list selected firsts in Australian aviation, people of note, Oswald Watt Gold Medallists, scheduled airline services within Australia and international services, balloons and aircraft prior to 1921, aircraft registered between 1921 and 1946, names on aircraft, military aircraft serials, ships that carried aircraft and flights into and out of Australia from 1919 to 1939. Flypast is an invaluable reference to all aviation authorities, specialists and enthusiasts. Very good copy in very good dustjacket. Heavy book may require extra postage cost. ; 305 x 215mm; xx, 542 pages .
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- Bookseller
- M & A Simper Bookbinders (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22920
- Title
- FLYPAST A Record of Aviation in Australia
- Author
- Parnell, Neville & Boughton, Trevor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0644079185
- ISBN 13
- 9780644079181
- Publisher
- Australian Government Publishing Service
- Place of Publication
- Canberra
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 0644079185, Aviation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
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