Taking Flight. Lores Bonney's Extraordinary Flying Career

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: National Library Of Australia
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition

Description: 273 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: From her first taste of the air when she joined Bert Hinkler in the cockpit for a joy ride in 1928, Lores Bonney was hooked. With her aviation licence and the support of her husband, she took to Australian and international skies and braved the challenge of long-distance flying. Taking Flight draws from the National Library of Australias rich archives and manuscript collection to present the tale of Lores Bonney, the first woman to circumnavigate the Australian continent by air, the first woman acknowledged to fly from Australia to England, and the first solo pilot to fly from Australia to Cape Town, South Africa. Aviation writer Kristen Alexander intimately illuminates the woman behind the audacious pilot, exploring her highs and lows and struggle to gain and maintain her place as one of Australias great aviation pioneers.

ISBN: 9780642278869