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Australian airline tales: passion, risks, larrikins, and flying legends.

The Flying Kangaroo

Great Untold Stories of Qantas...The Heroic, the Hilarious and the Sometimes Just Plain Strange

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    24 January 2018

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Summary

‘Everyone who has even flown will enjoy The Flying Kangaroo. These are stories of passion and dedication, of risk and resilience, of excellence and Australian larrikinism, of inventiveness and determination. They reflect my pride for an airline that connected the world and became a national icon.’ - Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny, Pilot In Command and author of *QF32*

From its earliest days, Qantas has attracted its fair share of unusual challenges and…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760632397
ISBN-10:1760632392
Author:Jim Eames
Publisher:Allen & Unwin
Imprint:Allen & Unwin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:24 January 2018
Weight:342g
Dimensions:39mm x 128mm x 198mm
A-Format
B-Format
The Flying Kangaroo by Jim Eames - ISBN: 9781760632397
128 × 198 mm
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A4
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About The Author

Jim Eames

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.

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