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Aircraft Projects of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation

Author: Vella, Joe A Code: 61911 Price: AU $71.30 Format: Paperback / 410 pages Published date: 01/04/2022 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day

Aircraft Projects of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation describes all the aircraft projects which were initiated by CAC, Port Melbourne, Australia, during its 64-year history. The book includes conceptual projects which never flew, projects which made it to the prototype stage and projects which entered production. A total of 106 different ......

9781761066627

Red Tail Skies

A Big Book of Qantas Stories Author: Eames, Jim Code: 61906 Price: AU $34.99 Format: Paperback / 688 pages Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN Published date: 15/01/2022 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day

These are stories of passion and dedication, of risk and resilience, of excellence and Australian larrikinism, of inventiveness and determination. Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny on The Flying Kangaroo
Jim Eames captures the experiences of a small band of brave, professional and pioneering aircrew who confronted ......

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Qantas : The Flying Kangaroo

100 Years of... Author: Montagnana-Wallace, Neil Code: 61030 Price: AU $34.99 Format: Paperback / 224 pages Publisher: AFFIRM PRESS Published date: 01/08/2021 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day

No symbol better conveys the intrepid spirit of Australia than the flying kangaroo. Whether it’s glimpsed on a red-eye flight to an interstate business meeting, before leaving for adventure or holidays, or when longing to return home, that sweep of red defines air travel in Australia.

Qantas has always been about ......

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Many a Close Run Thing

From jet fighter pilot to airline captain Author: Enright, Tom Code: 56774 Price: AU $27.74 (was AU $36.99) Format: Paperback Publisher: HARPER COLLINS NZ Published date: 17/07/2019 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day
A New Zealand squadron leader, flying-boat captain and airliner pilot on a life of aerial adventure Planes were rarely seen above the small Central Otago sheep-farming town of Ranfurly in the 1940s. Yet as a young boy, Tom Enright had a fascination with the skies that quickly developed into a longing to become a pilot. He joined the RNZAF as an ......
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No Man's Land

The Untold Story of Automation and QF72 Author: Sullivan, Kevin Code: 56743 Price: AU $34.99 Format: Paperback / 336 pages Publisher: ABC BOOKS Published date: 21/05/2019 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days
A gripping account of how a major air disaster was averted, by the captain and former Top Gun pilot Instinctively, I release my pressure on the sidestick. Out of my subconscious, a survival technique from a previous life emerges: Neutralise! I'm not in control so I must neutralise controls. I never imagined I'd use this part of my military ......
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The Man Who Saved Smithy: Fighter pilot, pioneer aviator, hero

The life of Sir Gordon Taylor GC, MC Author: Searle, Rick Code: 59381 Price: AU $22.99 Format: Paperback / 400 pages Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN Published date: 27/08/2016 Availability: Available to special order. Please contact us for updated price and availability.

Patrick Gordon Bill Taylor was a pioneer of Australian aviation. As a fighter pilot during the First World War, he was awarded the Military Cross and discovered a life-long passion for flight and air navigation. Returning to Australia after the war, he became a close friend of Charles Kingsford Smith; they went on to form an incredible flying ......

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Fly Over Down Under

Australian Adventures by Single-Engine Airplane Author: Cabot, Michelee Morgan Code: 38123 Price: AU $44.95 Format: Hardback / 230 pages Publisher: WHEATMARK Published date: 15/10/2015 Availability: Sorry, this is no longer available
Green ants that defend their tree by attacking anyone who touches it...a mysterious lava-tube cave with hikers' flashlights floating like fireflies down into its blackness...fruit bats noisily lobbing mangos onto your cabin's tin roof. The beauties -- and dangers -- of the crocodile-infested Kakadu National Park. A crash landing at a remote island ......
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Fly Over Down Under

Australian Adventures by Single-Engine Airplane Author: Michelee Morgan Cabot Code: 37589 Price: AU $19.95 Format: Paperback / 230 pages Publisher: WHEATMARK Published date: 15/07/2015 Availability: Sorry, this is no longer available
In this colorful and remarkable book, written by a colorful and remarkable woman pilot, you'll find the most enjoyable way to discover Australia -- by flying a light airplane to its places of greatest interest while watching the exotic landscape unroll beneath you. Vistas of giant paisley patterned earth, caused by underlying salt strata. Stunning ......
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Fly Over Down Under

Australian Adventures by Single-Engine Airplane Author: Michelee Morgan Cabot Code: 37588 Price: AU $29.99 Format: Paperback / 230 pages Publisher: WHEATMARK Published date: 15/07/2015 Availability: Sorry, this is no longer available
In this colorful and remarkable book, written by a colorful and remarkable woman pilot, you'll find the most enjoyable way to discover Australia -- by flying a light airplane to its places of greatest interest while watching the exotic landscape unroll beneath you. Vistas of giant paisley patterned earth, caused by underlying salt strata. Stunning ......
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Taking to the Skies

Hijackers, Heroes and Daredevils - Australian Flying Stories from the Catalina to the Jumbo Author: Jim Eames Code: 37846 Price: AU $22.99 Format: Paperback / 352 pages Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN Published date: 01/06/2015 Availability: Available to special order. Please contact us for updated price and availability.
So how do you test drive a Jumbo? And why did a future civil aviation director once taxi a plane down Perths main street to attend a ball?..From the ridiculous to the downright dangerous, the story of Australian aviation is full of tales of adventure and nation building. It is also a story about tragedy and eccentric characters with wild larrikin ......
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Qantas: From the Outback to the World DVD

Author: Chevron Code: 24058 Price: AU $24.95 Format: DVD / 46 mins Publisher: CHEVRON MARKETING SERVICES Published date: 01/07/2011 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-10 business days
Producer's notes: Released to celebrate 90 years of Qantas, the story of Qantas is a vivid and authentic account of the 90-year history of Australia's most enduring legend. Affectionately known as the world's most experienced airline the history of Qantas is one 90 years in the making. Qantas was conceived by Lieutenants Wilmot Hudson Fysh ......
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The Ships That Flew DVD

Author: Chevron Code: 22519 Price: AU $24.95 Format: DVD / 47 mins Publisher: CHEVRON MARKETING SERVICES Published date: 01/07/2010 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-10 business days
Producer's notes: This Screen Australia cinematic gem examines the last days of the Sandringham flying boat service which ran from Sydney to Lord Howe Island until 1974. The film also pays tribute to the golden era and romance of the flying boats from World War 2 and the 1950s and uses historic footage to trace their importance in war, ......
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The Shape of Things to Come DVD

Author: Jeff Watson Code: 20755 Price: AU $24.95 Format: DVD Publisher: CHEVRON MARKETING SERVICES Published date: 01/07/2008 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-10 business days
New shapes are appearing in Australian skies. Jeff Watson looks at the A380 Super Jumbo, its rival the Boeing 787, the Brazilian Embraer E-170 mini-jet, Boeing FA18 Super Hornet, Wedgetail AWACS aircraft, C17 Globemaster, Lockheed Martin F35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter and even an unmanned spyplane.
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Southend to Longreach - The Return of the 707 DVD

Author: Jeff Watson Code: 20639 Price: AU $24.95 Format: DVD / 45 mins Publisher: CHEVRON MARKETING SERVICES Published date: 01/07/2007 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-10 business days
In December 2006 Qantas’s very first jet airliner flew into Sydney after a flight of 14,382 nautical miles from Southend-on-Sea in England. The Boeing 707-138 VH-EBA first flew in 1959 and had ended its days in England where it was to be scrapped. A team of retired Qantas engineers led by Peter Elliott decided that the aircraft would fly home ......
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Classic Aeroplanes in Australia DVD

Author: Jeff Watson Code: 20641 Price: AU $34.95 Format: DVD / 52 mins Publisher: CHEVRON MARKETING SERVICES Published date: 01/07/1996 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-10 business days
Australia has one of the most varied collections of classic aeroplanes in the world. There are representative types of most of the great piston engined fi ghter aircraft of World War Two, as well as jets from the former Warsaw Pact countries and a good selection of pre-war civilian types. Australia’s Warbird movement is dedicated to keeping them ......
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