The First The Walsh Brothers and the Aeroplane Days of Edwardian New Zealand (AF)

Language: English

Published by White Cloud Books, 2020

1869665414 / 9781869665418

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Gift inscription otherwise like new. The First tells the story of New Zealand’s earliest successful aeroplane flights and the remarkable people behind them. Terry Moyle reconstructs the achievements of brothers Leo and Vivian Walsh, often described as New Zealand’s own “Wright brothers”, and places their work within the wider world of Edwardian innovation — bicycles, early motorcars, experimental engineering, and the first attempts at powered flight. Drawing on extensive archival research, Moyle corrects more than a century of assumptions about the 1911 Glenora Park flights and the fate of Manurewa, the aircraft that made history before disappearing from the record. The book also follows the wider Walsh family, including the sisters Veronica and Doreen, and their connections to figures such as Jean Batten, Aunt Daisy, and early women aviators.

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Title
The First The Walsh Brothers and the Aeroplane Days of Edwardian New Zealand (AF)
Author
Moyle, Terry
Publisher
White Cloud Books
Publication year
2020
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1869665414
ISBN 13
9781869665418
Dimensions
4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Seller catalogs
Aotearoa, New Zealand, History, Transport

The Secret Bookshop

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