Book 1 traces the development of aviation overseas then the development of airmail in Australia at first by pioneer airmen and eventually to operating air services in the 1920s and 1930s.
‘Distance is characteristic of Australia . . . by sealanes or airlanes most parts of Australia are at least 12,000 miles from Western Europe the source of most of its people.’ Blainey
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454 pages of information, schedules, appendices and index
413 Images, comprising covers, maps, photographs and illustrations
Book 1 - THE BEGINNING VIA INDIA 1934
• MAIL BY BALLOON AND PRIMITIVE AIRCRAFT
• THE BEGINNING : AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF AVIATION IN BRITAIN
• FLYING BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA
• TRUNK AIR ROUTES WITHIN AUSTRALIA
• BRITISH AIR SERVICES TOWARDS AUSTRALIA
• FOREIGN AIR SERVICES TOWARDS AUSTRALIA
• AIR/SEA SERVICES BETWEEN BRITAIN, EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA EXPERIMENTAL AIR SERVICES
• AVIATION IN PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA CHINA TO AUSTRALIA
• EUROPE TO AUSTRALIA
