Vintage Aeroplanes in New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann, 1986. Quarto, navy-blue hardcover, embossed with silver lettering on spine, 184 pp., illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout with black-and-white and colour photographs, some diagrams included, five appendices included. Spine ends and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, some very small white spots on top right corner of front cover, spine ends of dust-jacket a little bumped; otherwise a near-fine copy. First edition, advance reader copy.
This lavishly illustrated guide to New Zealand's vintage planes is by well-known New Zealand aviation journalist and photographer John King. The author has combined his talents as pilot, photographer and writer to lovingly describe and illustrate New Zealand's active vintage and classic aeroplanes, including their production history, design and what they are like to fly.
Loosely inserted into this volume is a letter from the publisher's Managing Director D. J. Heap to the editor of Australian Flying Journal (based in Sydney, Australia) offering this advance copy for review. Item #4920
Price (AUD): $70.00