THE LAST FLIGHT OF BERT HINKLER
Written by Edward P. Wixted
Published by Vantage Press
in 1992
ISBN: 0533090210
THE LAST FLIGHT OF BERT HINKLER
Written by Edward P. Wixted.
Stock no. 1610234
1st.
1992.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A gripping true-life adventure story about one of the heroes of the early days of aviation. Hinkler disappeared in 1933 while on a solo flight from England to Australia. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0533090210. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxspot to lower edge of textblock.
Front cover
Contents
- Authorisations and Acknowledgements
- SQN. LDR. H.J.L. Hinkler, AFC, DSM, 1892-1933
- Briefing
- 1. January 1933
- 2. Missing
- 3. Reaction in Bundaberg
- 4. Silver and Yellow
- 5. April 1933
- 6. Mussolini
- 7. Pratomagno, Pisa, and Politics
- 8. The Intestate Aviator
- 9. Out of the Shadows
- 10. A Score Card
- 11. Eight Gallons of Petrol
- 12. On the Eve of His Departure
- 13. His Closest Associates
- 14. A Last Word
- Appendices:
- 1. The Flying Kangaroo
- 2. Steve Brogden and Hamble Days
- 3. The Saving of Hinkler's House
- 4. Bert Hinkler's Flying Machines
- 5. A Photograph Album