Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines
Author: Jellett, Tom
ISBN: 9781922244635
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 32
Dimensions: 261mm x 257mm x
Format: Hardback
Description:
Author and licensed pilot Prue Mason shares how a handful of early aviators helped Australia reach beyond its borders to lands far away.
Imagine what it was like to travel to far-off places before there were aeroplanes. For early 20th-century Australians, it could take days, weeks, or months just to get where they were going. Amazing Australians and 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.
ISBN: 9781922244635
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 32
Dimensions: 261mm x 257mm x
Format: Hardback
Description:
Author and licensed pilot Prue Mason shares how a handful of early aviators helped Australia reach beyond its borders to lands far away.
Imagine what it was like to travel to far-off places before there were aeroplanes. For early 20th-century Australians, it could take days, weeks, or months just to get where they were going. Amazing Australians and 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.
