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Sydney, Pyrmont: Aviation Historical Society of Australia (NSW) Inc., 2018. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white & colour text-photos & drawings, light crease rear cover. 35 pp. This booklet by Tom Lockley is about the flight of the Vickers Vimy from Britain to Australia by Australians Ross and Keith Smith, Jim Bennett and Wally Shiers, who took off from Hounslow airfield on 12 November 1919 and 28 days later landed in Darwin after an amazing flight. They won the air race sponsored by the Australian Government. The airmen had hoped to fly from Darwin to Sydney in five days, leaving Darwin on 13 December 1919. They would then fly on to Adelaide. However, they were delayed by mechanical failures and by en route celebrations, and they reached Sydney in 64 days. They reached Adelaide another 38 days later. This booklet (pamphlet) gives a basic summary of their celebratory flight in Australia.

London: Penguin Books, 2006. Facsimile, reissue ed.. Paperback, very good plus condition, black & white photos centre spread, drawings, minimal edgewear. 174 pp. This classic book by R. A. Saville-Sneath provides a definitive catalogue of the aeroplanes, enemy and friendly, seen over British skies during the Second World War (WW2). The author set out to produce a handy classification guide, with many diagrams, a full glossary and some useful mnemonics, showing how each type of aircraft could be identified quickly and easily. This book provides a mine of information about a golden age, for all interested in aviation. (Facsimile edition, now reissued. A prnguin Special, originally published 1941.).

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, maps, minor edgewear. 320 pp. Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, by Elgin and Marie Long (Simon & Schuster, 2009). The authors have used long-lost radio messages, and spent 25 years researching her disappearance of the aviator over the Pacific Ocean during her around the world flight in 1937. This book simultaneously reveals the authors findings, and brings to life the primitive conditions under which earlier aviators flew. (Copyright 1999, this edition 2009.).

Sydney: New Holland, 2008. New ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, few black & white text-photos, top spine little chipped, otherwise minor edgewear. 252 pp. Nelson Eustis tells the story of how seven aircrews fought for the Australian Government prize of 10,000 Pounds for the first flight between Australia and England in 1919. New edition (originally published by Rigby, 1969).

Sydney: HarperCollins, 2012. 1st ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear. 473 pp. Grantlee Kieza has written a long-deserved full-blooded biography of the famous Australian aviator Bert Hinkler. The boy from Bundaberg was a pioneer during the golden age of aviation - the 1920s and 1930s. He lived a life of soaring highs and turbulent lows, a restless, adventure-filled existence as one of the 'lords of distance' in the golden age of flight. First edition.

Chichester, West Sussex: Capstone / Wiley, 2007. 3rd ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, thick card covers (with flaps), minor edgewear. 172 pp. Third edition. Des Dearlove reveals the secrets of Richard Branson's remarkable success, and also draws out the universal lessons and strategies that can be applied to any business or career. Originally published, 1999.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2006. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear. 298 pp. Kristen Alexander has written an intimate biography of Clive Caldwell, based on unrivalled access to personal papers and official records. He was a natural and brilliant pilot, a great shot and a born leader, but also a non-conformist who faced a court martial. He saw action in World War 2 (WW2) against the Germans, Italians and Japanese, and remains Australia's greatest ever fighter pilot.

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, 2000. Reprint ed.. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, owner's written name title page. 287 pp. Describes the history of operational military airfields at Essex. The effects of the war on the daily lives of the people of Essex and the constant dangers they suffered, are also detailed. This book vividly recalls the days and nights when Essex skies echoed to the roar of Hurricanes, Spitfires, Mosquitos, Marauders, Mustangs, Thunderbolts and Flying Fortresses.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, flyleaves lightly toned, reverse side toned jacket (flap price-clipped, minor edgewear), edges lightly foxed, sticker, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 192 pp. First edition. The first in a series of about five novels about the Flying Doctor service in outback Australia (based on real experiences of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia). The author, Michael Noonan, originated the Flying Doctor TV series. (Not the Children's Book Club edition.).

Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2010. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minor edgewear. 170 pp. Biography of John Robertson Duigan who built and successfully flew the first aeroplane made in Australia. He used photos, journal articles and an unreliable textbook as his guides. The full story of his flying career and his life has now been published for the first time. From his early years as a Melbourne schoolboy to his heroic activities as a pilot on the Western Front in WW1, his life is a story of ingenuity and independence.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1956. Memorial ed.. Hardback octavo, no jacket (missing), good plus condition, black & white photos (including frontispiece portrait), endpaper maps, last plate LOOSE at rear, minor edgewear, autograph. 244 pp. Biography of John Flynn, the missionary founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Memorial edition to mark the opening of the Flynn Church in Alice Springs in 1956. Contains the autograph of Jean B. [Baird] Flynn, secretary and wife of John Flynn.

Hertfordshire: Greenhill Books, 1986. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (minimal foxing), edges & pages lightly toned, light foxing endpapers, owner's written name front pastedown. 287 pp. This book by Paul Bewsher, originally published in 1919, delightfully describes his time flying as observer in the huge Handley-Page night bombers with the RNAS during World War 1 (WW1). The memorable raids include one on a bridge over the River Meuse (the longest night flight on a target at that time, some 159 miles behind enemy lines), and a dramatic raid in April 1918 on Zeebruge.

Melbourne & Adelaide: Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) / Printed by The Griffin Press / Dominion Press, 1968. Paperback tall trade (170 x 270 mm), very good condition, fold-out stapled pamphlet, pocket last page with brochure, maps, colour line drawings, staples little rusted, tiny mark front cover top edge, minimal edgewear. 12 pp. An easy to read pamphlet about the history of the Australian airline which began in 1946 and ceased operations in 1994. Maps showing TAA's vast air route network in Australia including Papua New Guinea. Includes Australia from A to Z, a selection of places and geographical features. Quarantine brochure in rear pocket. (Estimated date, 1968, Trove & printers code.)

Copacabana, NSW: Lexington Avenue Press, 2004. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. 197 pp. A wonderful story about Jack Hazlitt. Jack was on the second landing in the Second Division at Gallipoli. He was a keen pilot and one of the first staff members with Qantas in the 1920s. Lesley Hazlitt met Jack when she turned 47, and he was 74. They spent more than 21 happy years together. Lesley tells his amazing story. (A book in the 'Fabric of a Nation' series.).

Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press, 2017. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos spread, minor edgewear, small sticker top corner front free flyleaf. 320 pp. Mathew Radcliffe documents the 50,000 plus Australian servicemen and their families rotated through the Penang region of Malaysia (Butterworth air base) for two-year tours of duty, from 1955 until 1988. This spans the end of the British Empire and the start of the Cold War through to real engagement with Asia. This book shines a light on the complex, uneven and dynamic history of the Australian military presence in northern Malaysia and the lives of the people who lived there. The men, women and children lived full lives during their deployment, seemingly a bastion of Australianness in the midst of a Malay, Chinese and Indian community.

Sydney: Hodder, 2005. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minimal edgewear. 282 pp. Biography of Clive Caldwell who was a natural and brilliant pilot, a great shot and a born leader. He saw action in WW2 against the Germans, Italians and Japanese, and remains Australia's greatest ever fighter pilot.

Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2010. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white text-photos & drawings, minimal edgewear jacket, top corners few pages little creased. 291 pp. Robert Slayton tells the story of General William Henry Tunner. The author gives original insights into this legendary U.S. Air Force leader. During WW2 he served in Burma. He supplied West Berlin with food and supplies to survive the Soviet blockade (1948 - 1949) and its hold over two million Berliners. The airlift demonstrated the unexpected capacity of air transport in a postwar world.

Sydney / London: Methuen of Australia / Frederick Warne, 1979. Hardback very small, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos & drawings, minor marking front endpapers, minor edgewear, owner's sticker. 214 pp. Timothy and Elizabeth Hall provide a listing and pictorial description of civil aircraft in Australia and New Zealand. Contains detailed descriptions and photos of 193 aircraft, including make and model, power, speed, range, seating, and much more. One of the scarce Australian series of the little Observer collectible reference books. .

Canberra, Gowrie: John Grigsby (A. R. McLean Printing), 1996. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, card covers, black & white text-photos, covers creased near spine, tiny scuff mark front cover, minor edgewear, label remains inside front cover, erratum slip. 88 pp. John Grigsby has written the history of the Canberra ACT division of the 'AFC and RAAF Association' [later renamed Air Force Association, a non-profit association in support of air force heritage and veterans]. (No ISBN in book. Errata slip taped to p. 76. ).

Sydney: Watermark Press, 2000. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. 196 pp. Biography of the colourful engineer who joined Qantas in 1936, and therefore grew up with early Australian aviation.