NZAviation

All Prices are in NZ$

Title

Sub-title

Author

Publisher

Published

Pages

Size

Condition

Price

Comment

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Wings of the Nation

a history of the New Zealand National Airways Corporation 1947-78

Aimer, Peter

The Bush Press, The NAC 50th Ann Cttee

2000

288

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps Small owner's stamp FEP Near Fine

25

With illustrations, the first 50 years of New Zealand's national airline

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Mustangs of the RAAF and RNZAF

 

Anderson, Peter N

Reed

1975

(2p) 102p (6p)

4to

D-J (short tear top spine, slight rubbing fore-corners, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG

50

With illustrations, the use of the P51 Mustang in Australasian Air Forces, especially during the Korean War, with technical details, details of squadron use and allocations, serial lists and details of colours and markings

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29.000000

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My Life

 

Batten, Jean

Harrap

1938

(frontis) 303p (1p)

8vo

D-J (chips, small piece missing top, bottom spine, in protective plastic)  Lacks FEP Gd - VG

45

With many illustrations, the 'life' of this record-making NZ female aviator up till then

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Little America  Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic the flight to the South Pole

 

Bird, Richard E

GP Putnam's Sons

1930

(frontis) xvi 422p

8vo

Blue cloth binding, gilt titles  Slight chips in cloth top, bottom spine  VG

65

With maps and illustrations, the South Polar expedition 1928-30, flying in, setting up base, and the scientific explorations

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Flying by Bradshaw  Memoirs of a Pioneer Pilot 1933-1975

 

Bradshaw, Arthur ; Phillipps, David (et al, eds)

Proctor Pubs

2000

223p (1p)

8vo

P-B Owner's small stamp HTP Near Fine

40

The heavily-illustrated life of this NZ pilot, from his early Southland Airways over rugged terrain, to the RNZAF and later part-time airline pilot

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Seaplane Solo

 

Chichester, Francis C

Faber & Faber

1933

(frontis) 314p (folding map)

8vo

Green cloth binding, browning spine, slight rubbing top, bottom spine Slight signature front paste-down  Gd - VG

85

With map and illustrations, the three stages of a flight across the Tasman Ses, from New Zealand to Australia, the first to do so solo

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Piet's Eye in the Sky

The Story of New Zealand Aerial Mapping

Conly, Geoff

Grantham House

1986

(frontis) xii 188p

4to

D-J Beginnings of foxing top FE Signature HTP Near Fine

65

The story of Piet van Asch, the foundation of NZ Aerial Mapping in 1936, and the progress of aerial mapping in NZ and the Pacific, illustrated in B-W and colour

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High Flyers  celebrating the extraordinary women of the RNZAF 1977-2002

 

Dawson, Bee

Penguin Books

2002

135p (1p)

Oblong 8vo

PB Near Fine

20

With illustrations, New Zealand women who work, or worked with the RNZAF, finishing with Angie Dickinson, the first woman pilot

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Wings over South Canterbury  A record of Aviation

 

Drake, DE

Author Pub

1993

(frontis)  (7p) 213p

8vo

D-J Paper over boards  Near Fine

40

Signed by the author, with illustrations, the history of the development of aviation in South Canterbury, mixed in with the personal experiences of the author and others

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Flightpath South Pacific the flyers, the airlines and the aircraft

 

Driscoll, Ian H

Whitcombe & Tombs

1972

303

4to

D-J Cloth binding Owner's small stamp FEP VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, the rise of passenger airlines in the South Pacific, especially New Zealand, with the regionals and the national line, NAC

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Aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

 

Duxbury, David (et al)

Heinemann

1987 revised edition (1977)

64

4to

P-B Near Fine

18

With illustrations, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the RNZAF, a comprehensive directory of all aircraft types operated by the RNZAF

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Tool Box on the Wing

My Life in the Air Force - An Autobiography

Ellis, Geoffrey

Mallinson Rendel

1983

253

8vo

D-J Slight blue pen mark top TP Otherwise Near Fine

30

Forty years of life in the RAF and RNZAF, including WW2, with illustrations

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Catalina Dreaming

 

Ewing, Ross

David Ling Publishing

1996

95

Obong 8vo

Soft card covers with flaps  Fading back cover  Near Fine

20

With illustrations, the story of the dream to bring a Catalina flying boat to New Zealand and its final achievement

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The History of New Zealand Aviation

 

Ewing, Ross ; MacPherson, Ross

Heinemann

1986

287

4to

D-J (slight fading, rubbing spine) VG - Near Fine

35

With illustrations, New Zealand's life in the skies, from balloons to biplanes to Boeings

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Heartland High Flier

The story of Air Central

Gavin, Bruce

Craig Printing

2006

107p (1p)

4to

P-B Near Fine

38

With map and illustrations, the story of this small North Island airline from the mid 1960s to 1983

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The Leading Edge Revised Edition with Index

an adventure story

Georgeson, Dick ; Anna Wilson

Author Pub

2006

212

8vo

P-B Fine

38

With maps and illustrations, the revised edition of this memoir of the author's gliding around the world

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The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats

 

Harrison, Paul ; Lockstone, Brian ; Anderson, Andy

Random House

1997

(4p) 320p

4to

D-J (in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Slight rubbing base spine Slight foxing top FE  VG - Near Fine

50

With illustrations, cut-away plans and tables, the role of the flying boat in the development of civil and air force aviation, including operating in WW2 Pacific

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Venture the Far Horizon

 

Harvie, EF

Whitcombe & Tombs

1966

192

8vo

D-J Cloth binding Owner's small stamp FEP VG

20

With illustrations and tables, a rrecord of the pioneer long-distance airflights in New Zealand

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An Aviation Bibliography for New Zealand

 

Hill, Larry R (comp)

Author Pub, Royal Aeronautical Society (NZ Div), Veterans Affairs

2009

(6p) 248p

8vo

P-B Fine

30

With illustrations, a comprehensive bibliography of all the books relating to New Zealand aviation, both civilian and military

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An Aviation Bibliography for New Zealand

 

Hill, Larry R (comp)

Author Pub, Royal Aeronautical Society (NZ Div), Veterans Affairs

2009

(6p) 248p

8vo

D-J Fine

75

Signed by the compiler, the limited, numbered edition of this comprehensive bibliography of all the books relating to New Zealand aviation, both civilian and military, with illustrations

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Words on Wings  an anthology of New Zealanders in Flight

 

Hopkins, Jim (ed)

Harper Collins

2004

377

8vo

P-B Paper browning VG

20

Through peace and war, writings by New Zealanders who flew

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Fifty Years in Southern Skies

The Southland Aero Club - A Short History

Hughes, Sylvia ; Martyn, Errol (comps)

Southland Aero Club

1978

23p (1p)

8vo

P-B VG

30

A scarce southern history, 50 years of flying training, search and rescue, aerial transport, with illustrations

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New Zealand Tiger Moths 1938-2000

 

Jenks, Cliff ; Phillips, David

Aviation Historical Society of NZ

2000

158p (2p)

4to

P-B Near Fine

38

With illustrations and lists, a celebration and record of the plane in New Zealand which has been used for just about every purpose, both civilian and military, from agricultural to pilot trainer, from mail to supply dropping

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Wings over New Zealand

a pictorial chronicle of New Zealand aviation

King, John

Saint Publishing

1996

78p (2p)

4to

Soft card covers Fading spine VG

15

With illustrations, planes in the air in New Zealand, early to late, business to pleasure

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New Zealand Tragedies Aviation Accidents and Disasters

 

King, John

Grantham House

1995

292

4to

P-B VG

20

With illustrations, from Erebus to the smallest Jetranger

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The Sky My Canvas

 

King, Miles

Mallinson Rendel

1985

140

8vo

D-J (slight rubbing extremities)  Small name blacked out FEP VG - Near Fine

34

From Air Force pilot to front-runner in the NZ agricultural aviation industry, an illustrated autobiography

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Silver Wings  New Zealand Women Aviators

 

Laine, Shirley

Grantham House

1989

vii (1p) 112p

4to

P-B VG

20

With illustrations, the tales of many New Zealand women as aviators, in peace and war

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DC3  Southern Skies Pioneer

 

Lockstone, Brian ; Harrison, Paul

Random House

2000

157p (1p)

4to

P-B Fading base VG

25

With illustrations, the story of the DC3 in civil and military use in and from New Zealand

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Airways

1936-1986

MacPherson. Ross

Concept Marketing, South Pacific Wings

1986

96

4to

P-B VG

20

With illustrations and advertising, the history of New Zealand's main trunk airways, from Union Airways to Air New Zealand

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Verdict on Erebus

 

Mahon, Peter

Collins

1984

296

8vo

D-J (slight chip, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards  Signature HTP VG - Near Fine

35

The sensational 'trial' after the Air NZ flight into Antarctica's Erebus which gave rise to the author's expression 'a litany of lies',complete with the wrap-around strip 'an airline's dilemma'

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A Passion for Flight  New Zealand Aviation before the Great War

Volume 1 Ideas, first flight attempts and the aeronauts 1868-1909

Martyn, Errol W

Volplane Press

2012

184

4to

Soft card covers with flaps  Near Fine

60

Signed by the author, with illustrations, the early days of experimentation in air flight in New Zealand, including ballooning and early aeroplanes, and an interview with Richard Pearse

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A Passion for Flight  New Zealand Aviation before the Great War

Volume 3 The Joe Hammonds Story, Military Beginnings 1910-1914

Martyn, Errol W

Volplane Press

2013

208

4to

Soft card covers with flaps  Near Fine

60

Signed by the author, with illustrations, the early developments of military aviation within New Zealand and an account of the life and career of Joe Hammond

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New Zealand Aviation - 100 Years

 

Martyn, EW

The Aviation Historical Society of NZ

1972

56

8vo

P-B Tea cup ring on back cover VG

22

A basic information guide to New zealand aviation, including all aircraft ever registered, and construction numbers where known, with chronology

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Taking Flight  the Fisher Monoplane and early aviation in the Wellington region

 

Maxim, Paul

Wairarapa Archive

2003

iv 76p

8vo

P-B (laminated covers)  Ex-lib stamps, especially at beginning and end  VG

20

With illustrations and plans, a tidy ex-library copy of this study of a monoplane which first took flight in 1913, and early flying in the lower North Island

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A History of Civil Aviation in New Zealand

 

McGreal, Maurice E

David Bateman

2003

276

8vo

D-J Near Fine

38

With illustrations, covering the period 1912-1992, from early efforts in home-built aircraft to the long-range machines, as well as examining the relationship between the flyers and the regulators

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Royal New Zealand Air Force 1937-1997

 

Mountain, Bruce (ed)

Mountain Publishing

1997

159p (1p)

4to

P-B VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, the first 60 years of New Zealand's Air Defence Force, with much historical detail

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The Riddle of Richard Pierce  the story of New Zealand's pioneer aviator and inventor

 

Ogilvie, Gordon

Reed

1994 3rd edition revised (1973)

xvi 264p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations and drawings, thew revised edition of this almost definitive study of possibly New Zealand's earliest aviator

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The Riddle of Richard Pierce  the story of New Zealand's pioneer aviator and inventor (Hundredth Anniversary Edition)

 

Ogilvie, Gordon

Reed

2003 4th edition (revised)

xvi 264p

8vo

P-B Signature FEP VG - Near Fine

20

With illustrations and drawings, the revised edition of this almost definitive study of possibly New Zealand's earliest aviator

6.500000

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Civil Aviation in New Zealand

An Illustrated History

Rendel, David

Reed

1975

x 188

4to

D-J Signature FEP Fine

30

From amateur, but enthusiastic beginnings, the rise of civil aviation is traced, fron Richard Pearse to NZ international airlines

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Richard Pearse  and his flying machines

 

Rodliffe, C Geoff

Author Pub

2007

95

Oblong 8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, developments and further ideas from the author's archive, including a recreation of Pearse's plane

5.500000

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Richard Pearse  early New Zealand pioneer aviator

 

Rodliffe, C Geoffrey

Walsh Memorial Library Museum of Transport and Technology

1978

32

Oblong 8vo

P-B VG

22

With illustrations and plans, a first discussion of the technological talents for powered flight of this New Zealander, his first flights, and their witnesses

6.500000

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Aerial Circles

50 Years of NZ Aviation 1935-1985

Russell, Roy

Author Pub

1986 3rd edition (1985)

141p (1p)

8vo

P-B VG

25

Signed by the author, the author's 50 years of flying in NZ, including War experiences, from gliding to powered flight, with illustrations

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New Zealand Permanent Air Force Royal New Zealand Air Force Aircraft Colour Schemes Volume 1

 

Russell, Warren P

New Zealand Aero Products

1982

(corrigenda slip tipped in inside front cover)136p

8vo

Soft card covers, spiral binding Slight paper disturbance from removal of price label front cover  VG

75

With illustrations, volume 1 in this series, histories and markings of NZ Air force planes  Scarce

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Of Wind and Water  A Kiwi Pilot in Coastal Command

 

Sanders, James

Mallinson Rendel

1990 1st NZ ed (1989)

(9p) 146p

8vo

D-J Small chip on top fore-corner p51, p53 from bad paper cutting Otherwise Near Fine

20

An illustrated auto-biographical account of the author's life in Coastal Command, which begins 'Once, when I was young, there was a war.'

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Journeying With Aviators in New Zealand

 

Sinclair, Roy

Random House

1998

iv (1p) 290

4to

P-B Near Fine

22

Full of the stories of those NZers who have experienced the thrills, joys and dangers of aeroplanes, including their restoration

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No. 485 (NZ) Squadron 1941-1945

Spitfire

Sortehaug, Paul ; Listemann, Phil

Author Pub

2006

90

8vo

P-B Fine

40

With illustrations, tables and short biographies, the history of the first New Zealand Spitfire squadron inside the RAF from 1941

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Flying Home

A History of Aviation in Nelson

Stevens, Bob

Nelson City Council

1985

(4p) 108p

Oblong 8vo

P-B (slight fading spine) VG - Near Fine

25

Beginning in November, 1921, with the first passenger flight, then the formation of the Aero Club in 1932 (and the landing of Kingsford Smith), to a celebration of 50 years of aviation in the Nelson area, with many illustrations

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Where New Zealand touches the World

a history of Auckland International Airport

Thompson, Martyn ; Clements, Alice

Pearson Education

2003

(4p) 346p

4to

D-J (in archival wrapper) Laminated boards Near Fine

40

With maps and illustrations, the detailed history of New Zealand's largest airport, its development from being a farm paddock to its position in the South Pacific

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Turbulent Years

 A Commercial Pilot's Story

Waugh, Brian ; Waugh, Richard (ed)

Hazard Press

1991

229

8vo

P-B Owner's small stamp TP Near Fine

30

Signed by the editor, the workings of early regional airlines in New Zealand, with illustrations

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Turbulent Years

 A Commercial Pilot's Story

Waugh, Brian ; Waugh, Richard (ed)

Hazard Press

1997 3rd Print (1991)

229

8vo

P-B Spine fading Near Fine

24

The workings of early regional airlines in NZ, with illustrations

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When the Coast is Clear

 

Waugh, Richard (ed)

Craig Printing

1996 2nd revised edition

80

4to

P-B Near Fine

35

With many historical illustrations, the story of New Zealand's  first licensed scheduled air service in South Westland 1934-1967

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Taking Off

Pioneering small airlines of New Zealand 1945-1970

Waugh, Richard (et al)

The Kynaston Charitable Trust, Craig Pub

2003

228

4to

Decorated laminated boards Near Fine

45

With map, illustrations and contemporary advertising material, the lives and times of New Zealand's small airline companies and their noteworthy personnel

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Taking Off

Pioneering small airlines of New Zealand 1945-1970

Waugh, Richard (et al)

The Kynaston Charitable Trust, Craig Pub

2003

228

4to

P-B Fading spine VG - Near Fine

28

With map, illustrations and contemporary advertising material, the lives and times of New Zealand's small airline companies and their noteworthy personnel

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SPANZ  South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand and their DC - 3 Viewmasters

 

Waugh, Richard ; Layne, Peter

Craigs

2000

148p (1p)

4to

Laminated boards  Near Fine

35

The hardcover edition of this record of Sth Pacific Airlines and its NZ network in the 1960s, with many illustrations

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Electra Flying

The Lockheed 10 Electra in New Zealand and the Pioneering of the Main Trunk Air Service

Waugh, Richard J (ed)

Craigs

1998

120

4to

P-B Fine

30

The Lockheed 10 Electra in NZ and the pioneering of the main trunk Air Service

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Strait Across  The Pioneering Story of Cook Strait Aviation

 

Waugh, Richard J (ed)

Author Pub ; Craigs

1995

80

4to

P-B Near Fine

30

A well-illustrated history of how aviation conquered the barrier of rough water between the Nth and Sth Islands of NZ, from the first 1920 flight of great danger through the regular services from 1935

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Early Risers The Pioneering Story of Gisborne and Hawkes Bay Aviation

 

Waugh, Richard J (ed)

Author Pub ; Craigs

1997

92

4to

P-B Near Fine

30

A further episode in this well-illustrated series dealing with the development of regional aviation in NZ, starting with East Coast Airways from early 1935

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Electra Flying

The Lockheed 10 Electra in New Zealand and the Pioneering of the Main Trunk Air Service

Waugh, Richard J (ed) ; Phillips, David

Craigs

1998

120p (1p)

4to

Laminated boards  Near Fine

60

The hardcover edition of this record of the role of the Lockheed Electra in NZ aviation, with many illustrations

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Wingspread

the pioneering of aviation in New Zealand

White, Leo

The Unity Press

1941

(frontis) 191p

8vo

Blue-green cloth binding, black titles  Bumping top, bottom spine  VG

48

Signed by the author, with illustrations, the author covers all aspects of early aviation in New Zealand, both private and commercial, and including the RNZAF

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So you want to be a Helicopter Pilot?

 

Whyte, Greg

Author Pub

1994

xvi p17-151

8vo

P-B VG

22

Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, guidelines to undertaking flight training in New zealand

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Ski-Plane Adventure  flying in the New Zealand Alps

 

Wigley, Harry

Reed

1965 Reprint edition

222

8vo

D-J Paper over boards Slight marks from previous plastic wrapper EPs Near Fine

20

With map and illustrations, the flying life of this New Zealander, including WW2 in the Pacific, and pioneering tourist flights in the Southern Alps

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Kiwi Air Power

The History of the RNZAF

Wright, Matthew

Reed

1998

200

4to

D-J (slight fade spine) Paper over boards   VG- Near Fine

40

With many illustrations, a 'broad-brush' approach to the history of the RNZAF, which became an independent service in 1937

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Wings over New Zealand  a social history of New Zealand aviation

 

Wright, Matthew

Whitcoulls

2002

144

4to

P-B Fine

20

With illustrations, the story of the evolution and development of commercial aviation and its meaning for New Zealanders

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