Qantas And The Empire Flying Boat

Author : David Crotty
Publisher : Key Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1802820949
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qantas and the Empire Flying Boat written by David Crotty and published by Key Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1938 and 1948, Qantas Short Empire flying boats navigated a dramatic and dangerous period for commercial aviation. They flew the Singapore–Sydney section of the prewar Imperial Airways UK–Australia air route, introducing a new level of luxury travel to the route. However, the outbreak of war cut short this brief glamorous time and brought the Qantas boats increasingly onto the front line. Containing over 160 stunning illustrations, many previously unpublished, this book details the history of the Empire flying boats as they went from luxurious carriers to military service in roles that included the resupply and evacuation of Allied military forces.

Author : Phillip E. Sims
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783468831
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adventurous Empires written by Phillip E. Sims and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-01-19 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story from a bygone age recalling the most successful flying-boat airliner ever built. Designed to a specification for Imperial Airways, then Britains national airline, it carried passengers and, more importantly, mail throughout the British Empire. The airliner offered luxurious travel for the privileged few, every journey being an adventure shared by passengers and crew.Short Brothers built 42 Empires at their factory in Rochester during the late 1930s. Imperial Airways were expanding their network to the furthermost outposts of the British Empire, whilst laying down the principles of scheduled airline operation.This is the tale of the realization of a dream and the efforts of those who made it possible. During World War II, the military Sunderland version became an icon.

Author : David Embry Jones
Publisher : Boolarong Press
ISBN 13 : 1921054271
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings on the River written by David Embry Jones and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wings on the River tells the colourful story of flying boats from Brisbane's unique viewpoint. Flying boats represented comfort and safety in reaching distant and exotic places across the sea, and Brisbane was on the doorstep of flying boat travel for more than fifty years. Wings on the River traces the whole flying boat era in Australia through its many changes, its triumphs and adversities, including: Pioneering flights between the wars by overseas and local flying boats alighting in the heart of the city; Qantas flying boats on the legendary Empire Air Mail route to Britain flying passengers in unprecedented luxury; Wartime U.S. Navy flying boat services across the Pacific to General MacArthur's headquarters in Brisbane; Barrier Reef Airways, Queensland's own flying boat airline, bringing Great Barrier Reef resorts closer to interstate tourists; The controversy about flying boats using the Brisbane River, and the dramatic accidents which forced them to leave; The story of Redland Bay's water airport and its little-known service over two decades.

Author : Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qantas at War written by Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretning om det australske flyselskab Qantas' aktiviteter i årene 1934-45, herunder navnlig udfordringerne under 2. verdenskrig

Author : John Gunn
Publisher : john gunn
ISBN 13 : 9780702220173
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenging Horizons written by John Gunn and published by john gunn. This book was released on 1987 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh
Publisher : Angus & Robertson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings to the World written by Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh and published by Angus & Robertson. This book was released on 1970 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jim Eames
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760633712
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Courage in the Skies written by Jim Eames and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the extraordinary and little known story of Qantas' significant role during World War II, particularly in its campaigns against the Japanese. Between 1942 and 1943, Qantas lost eight aircraft during its involvement in Australia's war against the Japanese. Over sixty passengers and crew died as a result. Yet Qantas' exemplary contribution to Australia's war effort and the courage of its people in those difficult times has been forgotten. Courage in the Skies is the remarkable story of Qantas at war and the truly heroic deeds of its crew and ground staff as the Japanese advanced towards Australia. Flying unarmed planes through war zones and at times under enemy fire, the airline supplied the front lines, evacuated the wounded and undertook surprising escapes, including carrying more than forty anxious civilians on the last aircraft to leave besieged Singapore. Absorbing, spirited and fast-paced, above all this is a story of an extraordinary group of Australians who confronted the dark days of World War II with bravery, commitment and initiative. They just happened to be Qantas people. 'In this most readable book, Jim Eames captures the experiences of a small band of brave, professional and pioneering aircrew who confronted the dangers of war, the challenges of unforgiving oceanic and tropical weather and the uncertainty of navigation in unarmed flying boats and conventional aircraft.' - Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK, AFC (Ret'd)

Author : Charles Woodley
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750989726
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Boats written by Charles Woodley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Boats: Air Travel in the Golden Age sets out to do justice to a time of glamorous, unhurried air travel, unrecognisable to most of today's air travellers, but sorely missed by some. During the 1930s, long-distance air travel was the preserve of the flying boat, which transported well-heeled passengers in ocean-liner style and comfort across the oceans. But then the Second World War came, and things changed. Suddenly, landplanes were more efficient, and in abundance: long concrete runways had been constructed during the war that could be used by a new generation of large transport aircraft; and endless developments in aircraft meant they could fly faster and for further distances. Commercial flying boat services resumed, but their days would be numbered.

Author : Brian Cassidy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780952929819
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Empires written by Brian Cassidy and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. Bennett-Bremner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Front-line Airline written by E. Bennett-Bremner and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: