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The Mighty 747 : Australia's Queen of the Skies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eames, Jim.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qantas Airways--History.
- Qantas Airways.
- Boeing 747 (Jet transports).
- Airlines--Australia--History.
- Airlines.
- Aeronautics, Commercial--Australia--History.
- Aeronautics, Commercial.
- Aeronautics--Flights.
- Aeronautics.
- Air travel--Australia.
- Air travel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Mighty 747
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2023.
- Summary:
- The father of the 7472. Temptations and doubts3. Its Boeing4. The Jet Base5. Ready to fly6. A tale of two cities7. The first QF Boeing 747 touches down8. Its all about the engines9. Stormy skies ahead-and not just with the weather10. The pilots airline11. Politics and ministers12. A pilots view13. They came in all shapes14. And they came in all sizes15. Christenings-a tale of politics and media junkets16. Hi ho hi ho, its into the air we go17. Into the record books-non-stop across the world18. Keeping em flying19. Keeping watch in the cockpit20. Lucks a fortune21. The humour of it all22. Not just any passengers23. The Antarctic airline24. The return of the diggers25. The sound of gunfire in Mogadishu26. The Oshkosh Express27. This 747 is a whole new ball game28. Rearranging the deckchairs29. Saving our 'Queen of the Skies30. The final
- Contents:
- Cover
- About the author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- A SENTIMENTAL FAVOURITE
- 1 THE FATHER OF THE 747
- 2 TEMPTATIONS AND DOUBTS
- 3 'IT'S BOEING'
- 4 THE JET BASE
- 5 READY TO FLY
- 6 A TALE OF TWO CITIES
- 7 THE FIRST QF BOEING 747 TOUCHES DOWN
- 8 IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ENGINES
- 9 STORMY SKIES AHEAD-AND NOT JUST WITH THE WEATHER
- 10 'THE PILOTS' AIRLINE'
- 11 POLITICS AND MINISTERS
- 12 A PILOT'S VIEW
- 13 THEY CAME IN ALL SHAPES
- 14 AND THEY CAME IN ALL SIZES
- 15 CHRISTENINGS-A TALE OF POLITICS AND MEDIA JUNKETS
- 16 HI HO, HI HO, IT'S INTO THE AIR WE GO
- 17 INTO THE RECORD BOOKS-NON-STOP ACROSS THE WORLD
- 18 KEEPING 'EM FLYING
- 19 KEEPING WATCH IN THE COCKPIT
- 20 'LUCK'S A FORTUNE'
- 21 THE HUMOUR OF IT ALL
- 22 NOT JUST ANY PASSENGERS
- 23 THE ANTARCTIC AIRLINE
- 24 THE RETURN OF THE DIGGERS
- 25 THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE IN MOGADISHU
- 26 THE 'OSHKOSH EXPRESS'
- 27 'THIS 747 IS A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME'
- 28 REARRANGING THE DECKCHAIRS
- 29 SAVING OUR 'QUEEN OF THE SKIES'
- 30 THE FINAL FAREWELL
- REFLECTIONS
- Picture section
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- SOURCES.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781761185618
- 1761185616
- OCLC:
- 1348483119
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