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- PublisherRandom House New Zealand
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1869412990
- ISBN 13 9781869412999
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages328
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The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats
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Random House New Zealand, 1997
ISBN 10: 1869412990
ISBN 13: 9781869412999
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Hardcover
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Used - Very Good. 1997. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf wear. Else clean copy. Very Good. Seller Inventory # S76898
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The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats
Seller: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, New Zealand
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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Photos, Art, Maps, Plans Diagrams (illustrator). 1st. When investigating the possibility of international passenger and freight aviation services NZ, isolated by its oceanic location, turned first to the flying boat. By the 1930s this form of transport had proven viable on long over-water routes. This important addition to NZ's aviation literature examines the introduction of commercial and military flying boats, while also the earlier fragile float-equpped aircraft, which were among the first seen in NZ skies. The first fully commercial services across the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean were in the formative stages of development when WWII intervened. However, the war saw many advances in the evolution of the flying boat and the re-introduction of civil services included a number of modified versions of these used in the post-war era. A collaborative effort by three NZ aviation historians led to this impressive volume which covers the fledgling days of water based aircraft, civilian and military uses, types operated, float planes for local services and water-related halicopter operations. The "Golden Age" for the flying boat was ended by the arrival of efficient and faster propellor passenger aircraft, followed by the jet airliners, on routes across the Tasman and in the Pacific. An essential in any NZ aviatiion book collection and now becoming scarce. First edition of 1997 from Random House, 320 pages including five appendices and bibliography. Illustrated lavishly with many b/w photos, some art, maps, plans and technical diagrams. Laminated colour hard covers with art by Ron Fulstow to front with five photos rear panel are VG+, light wear at spine base with a small stain top edge front board, repeated top edge FFEP, otherwise internally excellent, no inscriptions. DJ, which repeats ithe hard cover illustrations, is VG with small, unobtrusive stain front top edge. This large and heavy book (1.3kgs unpacked) would require additional postage, particularly for overseas delivery. Seller Inventory # 004770
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The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats
Published by
Random House New Zealand, 1997
ISBN 10: 1869412990
ISBN 13: 9781869412999
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, New Zealand
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats by Paul Harrison; Brian Lockstone; Andy Anderson.Publisher: Random House New Zealand Ltd, Auckland, 1997, FIRST EDITION. Very good hardback with jacket. No inscriptions, a little rubbing to edges, otherwise in excellent condition. Minor marks. Jacket has minor shelf wear, a little chipping to edges. 320 pages, illustrated. An account of New Zealand flying boats - the individual aircraft and the crews that flew them - this text records the politics of why, where and when the various flying boat fleets were obtained and follows the operations and final disposal of the aircraft. Included in the book are personal accounts from pilots and crew members of what is was like to fly the Sunderland, the Walrus, and the Catalina; how the boats were navigated across the Pacific; how they were maintained; and the challenges and discomfort involved in operating these aircraft. Seller Inventory # ABE-1629954581331
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The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats
Published by
Random House New Zealand, 1997
ISBN 10: 1869412990
ISBN 13: 9781869412999
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: East Coast Books, Tauranga, New Zealand
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Pictorial hard cover, excellent clean copy, tanning to front and back top edge of cover, leading corner and spine tips are slightly rubbed and rolled, illustrated throughout with many b&w photographs, maps and drawings, dust jacket has light surface wear with minor edge rub. The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats. For more than three decades, flying boats dominated New Zealand aviation. These ships that flew provided New Zealand with its first commercial air links with the outside world. During wartime they patrolled the vast reaches of the Pacific, and rendered sterling service to the Allied cause in the Solomons campaign. After the war they played a significant defence and humanitarian role, not retiring until the late 1960s. Weight 1.3 kg (Unpacked would require additional postage particularly International) Size 305 mm by 218 mm. Seller Inventory # 000349
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