Jimmy Woods : Pioneer Aviator Tapa blanda - 1989

Softcover . 🔴 Condition - Good🔴Australian buyers can combine up to 5Kg of Books for the same postage charge.🟢 This Book weighs 370 Grams.

Australia:: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1989.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound, with a dust wrapper; book and wrapper are both Very Good.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Bibliography. Description: A few black and white photo illustrations. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Jimmy Woods was one of the pioneers and legends of Australian aviation. Best known to thousands of Western Australians as 'Woodsie' -- owner-operator for many years of a popular, battling air service to Rottnest Island - he had made his name a generation earlier as a pilot of extraordinary skill and resourcefulness. Recruited by Norman Brearley in 1924, following war service in the RAF, he joined the fledgling Western Australian Airways as pilot on its North-West contract service, transferring later to the pioneering East-West run (between Perth and Adelaide). During this time he took part in a number of daring search and rescues, including that for Charles Kingsford-Smith. In 1933, Jimmy made an attempt on the record of a… Leer más

Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1989. Softcover in dustjacket. Near Fine. AVIATION West AustralianaOne of the pioneers and legends of Australian aviation. Best known to thousands of Western Australians as 'Woodsie'- owner operator for many years of a popular, battling air service to Rottnest Island.Jimmy Woods was one of the pioneers and legends of Australian aviation.In 1924, after service in the RAF, Jimmy joined the fledgling Western Australian Airways as a pilot on its north-west service and later established the east-west run between Perth and Adelaide. During this time he took part in a number of daring searches and rescues including that for Charles Kingsford Smith.In 1933 Jimmy made an attempt on the record for a solo flight from Australia to England and a year later was a participant in The Great Race.#270316R/121221/100622/291123191 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.Woods, Jimmy, 1893-1975.  |  Air pilots -- Western Australia -- Biography. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of… Leer más