Nancy Bird shares her memories of her flying years and her flying contemporaries such as Jean Batten and Amy Johnson. Spans Nancy's flying experiences in the outback, her travels in Europe and America and her flying comeback in the 1950s. A fascinating glimpse of a determined and courageous aviatrix.
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Nancy Bird shares her memories of her flying years and her flying contemporaries such as Jean Batten and Amy Johnson. Spans Nancy's flying experiences in the outback, her travels in Europe and America and her flying comeback in the 1950s. A fascinating glimpse of a determined and courageous aviatrix.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8x5x0; Signed and inscribed by the author in ink on the half title page. The wraps are slightly shelf rubbed but they are tidy overall. The binding is excellent. No other inscriptions or annotations. JHK.
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Very Good. 8vo. Signed by Author 216pp, bibliography, bw ills. Or card covers. Some toning/foxing to page edges, minor edge wear to covers. Prev owners name sticker on first page. SIGNED by Nancy Bird on half title-Happy Landings Herman. Nancy Bird 12.2.1996. Autobiography of pioneering aviatrix Nancy Bird who obtained her commercial pilots licence in 1943 at the age of nineteen. The book spans her flying experiences in the outback, travels in Europe and America, and her flying comeback in the 1950s. Awarded the Order of Australia in 1990, Nancy left us for good in 2008 not long after Qantas named one of their planes for her.