The Flying Kangaroo
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-76011-355-1 (ISBN)
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From its earliest days, Qantas has attracted its fair share of unusual challenges and unique characters. These are the stories of a great airline and the people who made it, told by a man who has Qantas blood running through his veins. They are hilarious, nostalgic, heroic and sometimes even odd.
They are about the brilliant risk takers who made Qantas the safest airline in the world, the special demands of flying VIPs, the hazards of overseas postings and the ever present dangers of the skies. But above all, these are the stories of how a uniquely Australian style shaped the best airline in the English-speaking world.
Generous and richly told, The Flying Kangaroo is a warm-hearted reminder why Qantas remains very much a part of the Australian psyche.
Jim Eames is author of The Country Undertaker, Six Feet Under or Up in Smoke and Taking to the Skies. As one of Australia's first aviation writers, and former press secretary to the Minister for Aviation and former Director of Public Affairs for Qantas, he is a man who has lived and breathed aviation. He also tells a great yarn.
ForewordIntroductionIT'S A CULTURE THING1. We're off to polish the enginesTHE IMPORTANCE OF THE RIGHT CHOICE2. The Pregnant Pup3. The Nadi 'bump'EVER-PRESENT DANGER4. Taim Bilong Balus5. 'Skippy Squadron'6. Cyclone TracySAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT7. Training at the Bay of Pigs8. 'Qantas never crashes'9. Dangerous skies10. Two minutes of terror over the Middle East11. Battling the elementsAN AIRLINE FULL OF CHARACTERS12. Life was never dull13. Postings ... not all milk and honey14. Spies, bombs and bicycles15. Penny pinching and clashing personalities16. Flaws among the brillianceUNUSUAL LOADS17. Gum trees from wheel wells18. Not your normal passenger service19. Gough ... and other 'royals'20. The return of the Gallipoli veterans21. How to smuggle a future princessA CHALLENGING BUSINESS22. Strikes and fuel ... a lethal combination23. When the wheels fell off the tricycle and other political problems24. Red tails and blue tails ... the story of a reverse takeover25. ReflectionsAcknowledgements
| Zusatzinfo | 16pp b&w photos |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | St Leonards |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 485 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-76011-355-7 / 1760113557 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-76011-355-1 / 9781760113551 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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