WINGS ON THE RIVER. Flying Boats on The Brisbane River & Redland Bay.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, n.d. First Edition. Royal 8vo. pp.112. Original black & white photographs throughout. Quality pictorial stiff wrappered softcover. Fine. Item #193342
Wings on the River tells the colourful story of flying boats from Brisbane's unique viewpoint. Flying boats represented comfort and safety in reaching distant and exotic places across the sea, and Brisbane was on the doorstep of flying boat travel for more than fifty years. Wings on the River traces the whole flying boat era in Australia through its many changes, its triumphs and adversities, including: Pioneering flights between the wars by overseas and local flying boats alighting in the heart of the city;.
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