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Amazing Australians in their flying machines

Imagine what it was like to travel to far-off places before there were aeroplanes. For early 20th-century Australian, it could take days, weeks, or months just to get where they were going. Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines tells the stories of ten brave Australians, including the youngest licensed woman pilot Nancy Bird, who took to the skies and changed the face of aviation forever.

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date Res.
32320004435529 J629.13 MAS
Junior Non Fiction   East Maitland library . . Available .  
32320004437418 J629.13 MAS
Junior Non Fiction   Maitland library . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781922244635 (Hardcover)
1922244635
Classification Number J629.13 MAS
Author Mason, Prue
Title Amazing Australians in their flying machines [BK]
Physical Description colour illustrations ;
Series 2018 Premier's Reading Challenge 3-4
Note Includes illustrations on endpapers.
Contents 15 April 1851: Dr William Bland -- 12 November 1894: Lawrence Hargrave -- 5 December 1909: George Taylor -- 12 November 1914: Richard Williams -- 10 December 1919: Ross Macpherson Smith -- 12 April 1921: Bert Hinkler -- 5 December 1921: Norman Brearley -- 17 May 1928: John Flynn -- 1932: Nancy Bird -- 7 November 1935: Charles Kingsford Smith -- Australian Aviation Today -- Authors' Note.
Imagine what it was like to travel to far-off places before there were aeroplanes. For early 20th-century Australian, it could take days, weeks, or months just to get where they were going. Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines tells the stories of ten brave Australians, including the youngest licensed woman pilot Nancy Bird, who took to the skies and changed the face of aviation forever.
Classification For children.
Primary.
Subject Flight -- Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature
Air pilots -- Australia -- History -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Flying-machines -- Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature
Aeronautics -- History
Air pilots -- Biography
Adventure and adventurers
Flight -- History
Additional Author Mason, Kerry
Jellet, Tom
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