The Wandering Years,

Affleck, Arthur H.

Published by Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, Croydon, Victoria, Australia, 1964

About this Item

First Edition. - - This factual and human account of the beginnings of commercial aviation in Australia, and its development during a period of over 40 years, presents a fascinating and little known picture. - By portraying it in the form of a partial autobiography enlivened with anecdotes of characters and incidents encountered during the course of his aviation career, the author has succeeded in covering an historical skeleton with the living flesh and blood of personality and humour. As a prologue he has told the story surrounding one of the early flights of the world's first aerial medical service. He then tells how he came to be the pilot of the aeroplane concerned in this flight and, in the telling, shows how, from a haphazard beginning with surplus military aircraft from World War I and pilots completely inexperienced in the Job of flying these aeroplanes commercially and, in many instances, even lacking experience in the ways of the air, Australian civil aviation has come to occupy the proud Position of first amongst the nations of the world with its record of air safety. As he moves from one operating company to another and from the role of active airline pilot to that of flying administration and the formulation of aviation policy, the author takes the reader from Victoria to Queensland, the Northern Territory, early New Guinea, Western Australia, back to Victoria and on to New South Wales, finishing the story in the New Guinea of today. - Of special interest are the chapters covering the first four years of the world-famous Flying Doctor Service - told, for the first time, from the pilot's viewpoint. 211 p. with photos Hardcover with dust jacket, wrapped in mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 15850

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Wandering Years,

Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, Croydon, Victoria, Australia

Publication Date: 1964

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very good condition

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition