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Aviation in New Zealand
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473123628
Richard Pearse and His Flying Machines order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author: Geoff Rodliffe
Published by: C.G. Rodliffe
A wonderful anthology of research notes, essays and ideas showing engines developed by Richard Pearse, his life and his fabulous achievements. Photographs and drawings are plentiful throughout. colour and b/w illustrations. 93 pages in A4 landscape format.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9319512192549
Classic New Zealand Aviation Multipak order quantity
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NZ$ 50.00 each
DVD Media
Author: transpress DVD
Published by: transpress
Multipak set containing the following 3 volumes (also available separately):

Classic New Zealand Aviation : Volume 1 : The Glamour Years
Running time: 85 minutes
Great Documenrary and Newsreel action footage of civil and military aircraft in action from just after World War 2 to the mid 1960s. Includes an early NAC publicity film in colour, opening of Wellington and Auckland AAirports and the famous "Jetobatics" film of the RNZAF's jet fighter squadron taken from the cockpit!
Price: $20

Classic New Zealand Aviation : Volume 2 : From War to Peace
Price $20
This second volume in the series presents a concise history of notable people and events - and the aircraft - that played important roles in the development of New Zealand's civil military aviation from the pioneering exploits of Richard Pearce (before the Wright Brothers) to the advent of deer farming by helicopter in the 1970s. Included are comments by those who took ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780958299312
For Love of Flying order quantity
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NZ$ 39.00 each
Hardback
Author: Harle Whitehead
Published by: Old Sausage Publishing
For Love of Flying is an authentic story that captures the diverse journey of a conventional individual who, at age 55, takes on the personal challenge of learning to fly small aircraft.
The well-illustrated narrative describes, largely in sequential detail, early training procedures through to gaining a private pilot's licence. The account is interspersed with factual experiences of adventures, some technical flying information, trials, tribulations, and tragedy. The book also recounts rare, descriptive, scenic, exploit flights and landings into rugged mountainous backcountry areas of New Zealand.
The story features the author's aircraft, a Cessna 172 'Skyhawk', a type recognised as the world's largest selling, four-seater, small aircraft. Follow the journey as the author gains expertise in flying and acquires first-hand experiences - and overcomes set-backs in his adventurous ride.
For The Love of Flying concludes with ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781877378126
All Their Own Wings : New Zealanders and Their Homebuilt Aircraft order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Paperback
Author: John King
Published by: David Ling Publishing Limited
A remarkable collection of stories and photographs of enthusiasts who make and fly their own aircraft, some who have just started with a clean sheet of paper, a few design ideas and an overwhelming desire to fly.

It provides a fascinating insight into a colourful and significant part of this country’s aviation scene where these budding builders and pilots often labour for years in basements, sheds, garages and hangars, knowing that their very survival depends on the finished project being made to the highest possible standard.

They are spread throughout New Zealand, from the Far North to the tip of the South Island, and they embrace an equally wide range of personalities and occupations. All of them enjoy meeting the challenge of craftsmanship and perseverance needed to convert years of work into useful aircraft, and they say the satisfaction of flying something of their own creation can never be surpassed.
184 pages, ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473129941
Classic Fighters Marlborough 2007 order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
Paperback
Author: Allan Udy
Published by: Golden Micro Solutions
A souvenir pictorial record of the fourth biennial Classic Fighters Marlborough airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand over Easter 2007.
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9780473043919
Early Risers order quantity
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NZ$ 29.95 each
Paperback
Author: Richard Waugh
Published by: Craig Printing
Adventures of the aviation pioneers of Gisborne and Hawkes Bay in NZ; joyriding off beaches; hand-swung propellers; forced landings and much more. A4 portrait format, 96 pages including 4 pages in colour.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473053666
Electra Flying order quantity
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NZ$ 34.95 each
Paperback
Author: Richard Waugh
Published by: Craig Printing Co Ltd
Lockheed 10 Electras in 1937 pioneered the first Auckland - Wellington air servec. By late 1938 Uion Airways had Electra-fried the whole Main Trunk route from Auckland to Dunedin. This book tellls the story and adventures of how they revolutionised commercial aviation in New Zealand with their modern American design and speed - faster than any Air Force aircraft.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473116057
Heartland High Flier order quantity
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NZ$ 39.99 each
Paperback
Author: Bruce Gavin
Published by: Craig Printing Co Ltd
Over a span of almost 20 years from the mid 1960s to the mid 1980's, a diverse group of very focussed New Zealanders looked skywards and from nothing created and built a well respected North Island airline called Air Central. The story reveals how the airline battled a chronic shortage of finance, rampant inflation, restrictive licensing regulations and a reluctance of the public to fly in a small aircraft yet grew to pioneer fast, frequent and reliable air links between provincial cities.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869419783
Hobsonville : Portrait of a Seaplane Station order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author: Bee Dawson
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
This lively social history describes the early history of the Hobsonville area and the different phases of development of the Air Force base there - the initial establishment of the station and its expansion through the 1930s, the war years, and the Sunderland flying boat era through the 1950s and '60s. Bee Dawson interviewed a variety of people, both military and civilian, who spent time in and around Hobsonville while it was an independent unit. Through their personal accounts, she gives an accurate and fascinating portrait of what it was like to live and work there.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473095420
Kaimai Crash order quantity
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NZ$ 34.95 each
Paperback
Author: Richard Waugh
Published by: Craig Printing Co Ltd
New Zealand's worst internal air disaster.

Flight 441 from Auckland to Tauranga on 3 July 1963 began as a typical National Airways Corporation DC-3 flight of the era. The passengers represented a cross-section of New Zealand society: men and women, Maori and Pakeha, young and old. They were travelling on business, on holiday or to attend family events.

The tragic crash of DC-3 ZK-AYZ into the Kaimai Range and the death of all three crew and 20 passengers was a profound shock to the prosperity and optimism of a growing nation.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781877460036
Let Fly! A Young Topdressing Pilot's Courageous Story order quantity
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NZ$ 29.90 each
Paperback
Author: Barry Cardno
Published by: Longacre Press
'8 May, 1995. My alarm clock goes off at 6am. I get up and walk outside to survey the sky. Will we be going topdressing today? At 7am I leave with my first load, 900 kg. I land back four or five minutes later when the Fletcher is reloaded. Climbing away from the base of the airstrip in a northerly direction, I see the sun starting to appear on the horizon. I drop the first half of this load .' A minute later the Fletcher smashes into a paddock and slides 44 metres, then slews to the right before coming to a stop in an upright position. It takes emergency crews an hour-and-a half to cut Barry Cardno from the wreckage. Aim for the Sky captures the spirit and heart of a young man on the verge of carrying out his dream, the dream of flying. The author ably conveys a youthful keenness and enthusiasm for flying and for life: the reader is right there with him in the cockpit, feeling his excitement and airborne rapture. But we also witness ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473101572
Lost... Without Trace? order quantity
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NZ$ 70.00 each
Hardback
Author: Richard Waugh
Published by: Craig Printing Co Ltd
216 pages, b/w and colour photos and illustrations

NZ Aviation Mystery - Brian Chadwick and the missing Dragonfly
On 12th February 1962 Dragonfly ZK-AFB went missing on a scenic flight from Christchurch to Milford Sound. The search for the aircraft, its pilot Brian Chadwick and four passengers, was headline news in New Zealand and Australia. In spite of the largest aerial search ever undertaken in New Zealand and one of the most extensive in the South Pacific, nothing was found.

This book brings together many strands of the enduring story; an entrepeneurial pilot, pioneering air charter work,a veteran biplane airliner, scenic flying over mountainous terrain, overseas tourist passengers including a honeymoon couple, ongoing search initiatives - and the personal quest by pilot friend Brian Waugh.

illustrated by many rare photographs, this book investigates the fascinating story, revealing new insights into the aircraft's ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473120009
NAC : The Illustrated History of New Zealand National Airways Corporation 1947 - 1978 order quantity
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NZ$ 79.90 each
Hardback
Author: Richard Waugh with Peter Layne & Graeme McConnell
Published by: Craig Printing Co Ltd
2008 REPRINT
New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC) was created by the post-war Labour Government nationalising all private airlines and forming the first State-owned Enterprise. During its 31 years of operation NAC was New Zealand's major domestic airline until it was merged with Air New Zealand in 1978. In its early years it also flew international routes in the South Pacific.

First published March 2007.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473159375
New Zealand's First Airline : Hoki to Haast (Hardback) order quantity
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NZ$ 69.00 each
Hardback
Author: Richard Waugh
Published by: Craig Printing Co Ltd
New Zealand’s first licensed airline to fly scheduled services, operated the Hokitika to Haast route on the scenic West Coast of the South Island. Air Travel (NZ) Ltd was launched in 1934 by legendary pilot Bert Mercer, the first Kiwi to achieve 10,000 flying hours. The airline also pioneered airmail, air-ambulance, alpine tourist flying and versatile freight work. Illustrated by many rare photographs this book tells the story of de Havilland Fox Moths, Dragonflies and Dominies and how these biplanes became indispensable to the isolated people of South Westland. The sturdy fabric covered, wooden and wire aircraft flew in demanding weather, mostly fully loaded, to landing strips on beaches, riverbeds and in the bush. After Mercer’s tragic death, National Airways Corporation (NAC) and West Coast Airways continued the air service with Chief Pilots Norm Suttie, Frank Molloy and Brian Waugh.The world’s longest running de Havilland biplane ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473071837
SPANZ South Pacific Airlines of NZ & Their DC-3 Viewmasters order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Paperback
Author: WAUGH Richard
Published by: Craig Printing Co Ltd
DoP 2000, NZ
A-4 / 148pp

SPANZ (South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand) made a big splash in New Zealand's highly regulated aviation environment of the 1960's. this book tells how the airline boldly challenged the air licensing bureaucracy, political establishment and the government owned NAC monopoly of the day. With their specially modified DC-3 Viewmasters, they pioneered group tourist flying and new airline services to provincial areas.
 
ISBN / ISSN:
9780473034276
Strait across order quantity
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NZ$ 29.95 each
Paperback
Author: Richard Waugh
Published by: Craig Printing
Tells how aviation conquered the barrier of the rough waters of Cook Strait in the 1920s, bringing communication and economic benefits. A4 potrait format, 84 pages including 4 pages in colour.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473093655
Taking Off : Pioneering Small Airlines of New Zealand 1945 - 1970 order quantity
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NZ$ 54.95 each
Paperback
Author: Richard Waugh
Published by: Craig Printing Co Ltd
These small airlines of the 1950s and 1960s, like Fred Ladd's Tourist Air Travel in Auckland and Popeye Lucas' Southern Scenic in Queenstown, were colourful examples of post-war optimism and the 'can do' attitude which changed New Zealand forever.

These were versatile airlines flying Cessnas, DH89 Dominies and Widgeons; opening up new scheduled air services, pioneering tourist flying, operating air ambulance and other special charters, developing agricultural work, carrying newspapers and airmail.

Illustrated by many rare photographs, this book reveals new and fascinating insights into post-war New Zealand. It describes how these pioneer airlines, and those who ran them, endeared themselves to many - including royalty, farmers, politicians, clergy, tourists and most importantly to thousands of ordinary New Zealanders.

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ISBN / ISSN:
9780908876242
The Aircraft of Air New Zealand and affiliates since 1940 order quantity
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NZ$ 69.90 each
Hardback
Author: Paul Sheehan
Published by: Transpress
On 17 December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first sustained, controlled flights in a powered aircraft. So began a transport mode that steadily became fundamentally important to the people of the world.

A century after the Wright brothers' first pioneering initiatives, this book, for the first time, provides a complete record of all the aircraft that have been used by New Zealand's national carrier Air New Zealand, its predecessors - Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) and New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC) - and its subsidiaries and affiliates - Mount Cook Airline, Freedom Air, Air Nelson, Eagle Airways and Straits Air Freight Express (SAFE Air). The range of aircraft so covered is enormous - from basic early de Havillands through flying boats and DC3s to the latest jets from Boeing and Airbus.

But not only is the book concerned with aircraft, it also features early interior scenes, advertisements and ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473028510
When the Coast Is Clear order quantity
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NZ$ 29.95 each
Paperback
Author: Richard J. Waugh & John King & Paul Beauchamp Legg (Eds)
Published by: Craig Printing Co Ltd
The story of New Zealand's first and most unique licensed scheducled air service, South Westland 1934-1967, proving the relevance of aviation to the nation.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780473107956
With Great Foresight - History of Christchurch International Airport order quantity
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NZ$ 59.95 each
Hardback
Author: Tony Phillips
Published by: Christchurch International Airport
With great Foresight is the story of Christchurch International Airport.
Today this corporate entity, with 75% Christchurch City Council and 25% Government ownership, has established a position as the Gateway for the Best of the South Island and Antarctica. It is the second largest international airport in the New Zealand and provides employment for around 4.500 people, processes 5.5 million passengers, and around 100.000 tones of freight annually.
The story highlights the efforts of a number of very capable administrators, well-known local politicans, and successful businessmen and women. It is a story of foresight, where over the last 70 years successive decisions have been made with the long-term development of the region and the South Island in mind.

With 224 pages copiously illustrated with over 300 photographs of which many are in colour, this book will be enjoyed by everyone interested in New Zealand aviation, transport ... more
 

Aviation Overseas
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780946958412
Lightning Squadrons of the Royal Air Force order quantity
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NZ$ 49.00 each
Paperback
Author: Richard L. Ward
Published by: Ad Hoc Publications,Stowmarket
Famed for its Mach 2 plus maximum speed and astonishing climb rate that even today's interceptors cannot match, the English Electric Lightning was the RAF's standard air defence interceptor throughout the 1960s,1970s and 1980s. This new book features brief captions on each of the RAF squadrons and units that operated the Lightning. Fully illustrated in colour, this book includes many rare pictures never before seen in print of the various colour schemes worn by Lightnings in service. Dick Ward is well-known to aviation enthusiasts and virtually a household name in the world of model making, and in the publishing field his Hunter Squadrons and Phantom Squadrons books were widely praised for their comprehensive and authoritative content. In this new, full-colour book he details the squadrons, colour schemes and markings of the immortal Lightning interceptor.
For years this famous aircraft served in a sparkling natural metal finish, ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781906502362
Tony Blackman order quantity
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NZ$ 69.99 each
Hardback
Author: Tony Blackman
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
Tony Blackman OBE, MA FRAeS was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College Cambridge, where he obtained an honours degree in Physics. He learnt to fly in the RAF, trained as a test pilot, and then joined A V Roe where he became chief test pilot. As an expert in aviation electronics he was subsequently invited by Smiths Industries to join their Aerospace Board, initially as technical operations director, helping to develop the new large electronic displays and flight management systems. On leaving Smiths he joined the board of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. He is a fellow of the American Society of Experimental Test Pilots, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and a Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators. "Tony Blackman - Test Pilot" covers Tony's captivating career, from the RAF, national service and learning to fly, to squadron flying and testing aircraft at Boscombe Down. Tony gives great insight into the ... more
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9780946958405
Aeroguide - Buccaneer order quantity
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NZ$ 45.00 each
Paperback
Author: Roger Chesneau
Published by: Ad Hoc Publications,Stowmarket
The last combat aircraft designed under the Blackburn Aircraft Company banner, the Buccaneer was a low altitude aircraft carrier based nuclear strike aircraft. The secret to the Buccaneer's success was its ability to fly 'under the radar' at extreme low level before popping up and delivering its 'special weapon' - as nuclear bombs were referred to at the time. Seeing extensive service with the Royal Navy, the Buccaneer was eventually purchased - somewhat begrudgingly - for the Royal Air Force after the BAC TSR.2 supersonic strike aircraft was cancelled in 1965. A small number of Buccaneers were ordered by the Sotuh African Air Force as part of the Simonstown Agreement allowing the Royal Navy to use South African Navy facilities whilst rounding the Cape. As with many ageing British combat aircraft, the Buccaneer saw military action at the twilight of its career, carrying out laser guided bomb attacks on Iraqi bunkers during Operation ... more
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9780946958436
Aeroguide - Jaguar order quantity
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Author: Roger Chesneau
Published by: Ad Hoc Publications,Stowmarket
Initially conceived as a two place supersonic trainer for Great Britain and France, the SEPECAT Jaguar evolved and matured into a formidable close support strike aircraft. Intended for service with Great Britain and France, the Jaguar saw limited international sales success, being sold to Equador, Nigeria and Oman. Production of the Jaguar under licence was undertaken by Hindustan Aircraft Limited in India as a maritime strike platform. Although initially mocked by RAF personnel (one particular jibe was a saucer of milk left next to its nose undercarriage leg!) - it was claimed with tongue in cheek that the Jaguar was the only jet that counted its take-off run in its combat radius - The Jaguar became the most numerous strike aircraft in RAF service until the arrival of the Panavia Tornado in the early 1980s. In 1991 the Jaguar went to war as part of the Allied effort to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi invasion, proving itself as a sturdy ... more
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9783832790554
Airline Design order quantity
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NZ$ 49.99 each
Paperback
Author: Peter Delius
Published by: teNeues Publishing UK Ltd
This book covers all aspects of airline design, tracing significant trends since 1945. The comprehensive pictorial overview takes the reader on a tour of everything from airport architecture and décor to airplane design, construction, and brand identity. The “journey” continues with the many layers of clever and coordinated product design on board—including the cabin and tableware – all contributing to the overall design experience. Finally, the editors include a section on airline collectibles, such as hold-all’s, model airplanes and umbrellas, which reinforce and extend the airline’s image. 400 pages with approx 400 colour illustrations, flexicover.
 
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