Taking to the skies : daredevils, heroes and hijackings Australian flying stories from the Catalina to the Jumbo / Jim Eames.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eames, Jim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics--Australia--History.

Aeronautics.

Airplanes--Australia--History.

Airplanes.

Airlines--Australia--History.

Airlines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2015.

Summary:

Great yarns of Australian aviation from a man who lives and breathes flying.

Contents:

Cover

Dedication

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1 Through two dawns to war

2 RAAF 200 Flight

3 Reopening war-torn Darwin to the world

4 Papua New Guinea and clouds with hard centres

5 The kingdom of Collopy

6 'How far ahead is he?'

7 Nonstop across the world

8 There's something about low flying

9 Crime in the skies

10 'I'll blow this aeroplane up: you, me and everyone else.'

11 The 'great plane robbery'

12 Aerial suicide and murder at Alice

13 Messrs 'Brown' and 'Smith' and the business of extortion in the air

14 Buying a Boeing

15 Embarrassing moments

16 Ansett International arrives

well, in a fashion!

17 When a runway 'isn't long enough'

18 Cyclone Tracy and the forgotten story of the uplift

19 Aeroplanes and animals

often not a good mix

20 Humour in the air and the thoughts of Chairman Hugh

Pic Section

References

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-74343-344-1

OCLC:

1041030691