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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10562125758756 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1431 (11) |
| Category: |
Aviation: Civil Aircraft / Airlines / Airports Business |
| New / Used: | New |
Description
THE ACCIDENTAL AIRLINE: Spilsbury's QCA
by Howard White
and Jim Spilsbury
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0920080979
Format: medium hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Harbour Publishing Co. 1988
Size (mm): 160 w x 235 h x 25 d
Pages: 246
SKU: A4/2603/0833/B916
ABOUT
This is the history of the accidental airline and those incredible years of flying, growing, and scrambling.
There are tales of mercy flights, tragic crashes, and miraculous rescues and escapes, and many entertaining details of the luck, business skill, and hard work needed to keep an airline aloft.
Jim Spilsbury bought an airplane in 1943, when wartime restrictions prevented the use of his boat to visit the upcoast camps and settlements where he repaired radios.
From this innocent beginning grew Queen Charlotte Airlines, and when he sold the business to Pacific Western Airlines twelve years later, it was the third largest airline in Canada.
Includes monochrome images, maps on end papers and title page.
CONDITION
Near new with only light shelf wear on dust jacket. Images depict all need to know detail.
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