FLYING THE SOUTHERN CROSS by MICHAEL MOLKENTIN - 2012

Canberra: National Library of Australia. 2012. Square Quarto Size [approx 26x26cm]. A Near Fine copy. Excellent condition. Heavy, flexible card covers. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 212 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2012. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Australian aviators Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm made the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928 in an aircraft constructed largely of timber and fabric, the Southern Cross. With Americans Jim Warner as radio operator and Harry Lyon as navigator, they made the trip from Oakland, California, in nine days, facing electrical storms, torrential rain, equipment breakdowns, fuel shortages and the ever-present fear of engine failure. In Flying the Southern Cross, Michael Molkentin uses logbook entries, the airmen's memoirs, contemporary newspaper accounts and official documents, supplemented by a range of historic photographs, to give a gripping account of that epoch-making flight and its aftermath. He takes readers into the Southern Cross, a place where courage, skill and endurance could, with luck, outweigh the fearful risks of a long air journey. Above all, he brings to life the airmen themselves,… Read More

National Library of Australia, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. Edition 2012. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations.

National Library of Australia, 15/08/2012 00:00:01. paperback. Good. 1.9985 in x 25.3807 in x 22.1831 in. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition.

Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2012. Soft cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.