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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561415741732 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1407 (1349) |
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| New / Used: | Used |
Description
EARLY RISERS: The Pioneering Story of Gisborne and Hawkes Bay Aviation
edited by Richard J. Waugh
contributors John King - David Phillips - Richard Waugh
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0473043912
Format: medium softcover
Published: Richard J. Waugh 1997, 1st edition
Size (mm): 210 w x 295 h x 5 h
Pages: 92
SKU: A4/2406/0365/K563
ABOUT
Signed by all authors and contributors.
History of Gisborne based East Coast Airways.
This company was the first New Zealand airline to be licensed and the first to operate twin engined aircraft, de Havilland Dragons, from early 1935. This book tells the adventures of the aviation pioneers - joyriding off beaches, hand-swung propellers, forced landings and a converted tramcar for a passenger terminal.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome and colour images, including a map.
CONDITION
Immaculate with only light handling wear and faint marks on title page, pages clean. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce signed by all.
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