Kangaroo Route: The Development of Commercial Flight Between England and Australia
by Hooper, Meredith
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0207150869
- ISBN 13
- 9780207150869
- Seller
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Datil, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: Angus & Robertson, 1985. Softcover, 216 pages. Near Fine condition. Size 8.375"x5.375". "To fly between England and Australia - across the world - was one of the greatest challenges of early aviation . . . . (this book) tells the colourful stories of great aviators who pioneered the route - Ross Smith, Bert Hinkler, Alan Cobham, Amy Johnson and Charles Kingsford Smith - and of the early commercial aircraft that ventured along parts of the way, carrying a few passengers, a sack of airmail and a little cargo, across some of the wildest and most remote parts of the world." Includes b&w photo illustrations, and index. Book has light exterior shelfwear, else Fine condition, clean and unmarked.. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Florida Mountain Book Co. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008799
- Title
- Kangaroo Route: The Development of Commercial Flight Between England and Australia
- Author
- Hooper, Meredith
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0207150869
- ISBN 13
- 9780207150869
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- AVIATION CIVIL COMMERCIAL AERONAUTICS HISTORY ENGLISH AUSTRALIAN AVIATORS
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Florida Mountain Book Co.
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