Wirraway, Boomerang & CA-15 in Australian Service
Western Creek, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1991. Quarto, light-green hardcover, black lettering on spine and front cover, 238 pp., one additional leaf with a diagram and one with publisher's advertisements at back, illustrated throughout with colour and black-and-white photographs. Very light foxing on top edges of endpapers and inside top edges of dust-jacket, slight discolouration of dust-jacket's spine; otherwise a near-fine copy. First edition, scarce, Book 7 in Wilson's "Australian Air Power" series.
Prolific Australian author and aviation writer Stewart Wilson created his epic series of 13 aircraft books between 1988 and 1994. In this volume, Wilson examines the development and operational careers of three aircraft which were manufactured in Australia, two of them local designs. The Wirraway was a licence-built version of a North American advanced trainer craft and is considered to form the basis of the Australian aircraft industry. The CAC Boomerang was developed in a matter of months after Japan entered World War Two and gained great kudos in New Guinea. The CA-15, after much trial and error, became one of the world's fastest and most advanced piston engine fighter.
Wilson has written 46 aviation titles and is recognised internationally for his work, being honoured in 2014 as Aviation Journalist of The Year. He is also well-known as the founding editor and publisher of AERO Australia, the popular aviation magazine that ran from 2003 to 2020. Item #5057
Price (AUD): $280.00