THE DEFEAT OF DISTANCE: QANTAS 1919-1939
Written by John Gunn
Published by University Of Queensland Press
in 1985
ISBN: 0702217077
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THE DEFEAT OF DISTANCE: QANTAS 1919-1939
Written by John Gunn.
Stock no. 2139175
1st AUSTRALIA.
1985.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Dark red boards with white titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0702217077. Bumping to top and tail of spine. A bit of foxing/browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a few marks and a bit faded to spine.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Prologue: An Unlikely Meeting
- 1. Flying in Formation 1920 to 1921
- 2. The Imprint of Honesty 1921 to 1922
- 3. The Bravest of the Brave 1922
- 4. Qantas Inaugural 1922 to 1923
- 5. Always Worth the Money 1924 to 1926
- 6. In Jeopardy 1927 to 1928
- 7. The Brisbane Connection 1929 to 1930
- 8. The Imperial Link 1931
- 9. Many Proposals - No Marriages 1932
- 10. Tender Competition 1933 to 1934
- 11. Qantas Empire Airways Inaugural 1934 to 1935
- 12. The Imperial Imperative 1935
- 13. Controlling Interests 1935
- 14. Calling a Spade a Spade 1936
- 15. Impossible and Childish Conditions 1937
- 16. The Most Air-Minded Nation 1938
- 17. End of an Era 1939
- Appendix A. Qantas Fleet: Aircraft Owned and Operated, 1921-1939
- Appendix B. QEA Summary of Aircraft Accidents 1921-1939
- Notes
- General Bibliography
- Index