The Flying Business A Life of Arthur Schutt
Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1976. Octavo, turquoise-blue hardcover, x, 180 pp., illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Light foxing on cover and endpapers, very light spotting on top and fore-edge of text block, top edge of dust-jacket slightly worn; otherwise a near-fine copy. First edition. A biography of Australian aviation pioneer Arthur Schutt, who used his experience as a charter pilot and flight trainer to establish an Aircraft and Sales Service organisation, later gained the Cessna Dealership for Victoria, and established the Schutt Flying Academy. Schutt explored and exploited all the possibilities of light aircraft, adapting them to Australian conditions. Included is a foreword by Reginald Ansett, K.B.E. Item #4662
Price (AUD): $75.00