Bibliograph

Amazing Australians in their flying machines, Prue & Kerry Mason ; illustrations by Tom Jellett

Type

Label

Amazing Australians in their flying machines, Prue & Kerry Mason ; illustrations by Tom Jellett

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Intended audience

For childrenPrimary

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Amazing Australians in their flying machines

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Prue & Kerry Mason ; illustrations by Tom Jellett

Summary

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification