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Conquering Isolation : The First 50 Years of Air New Zealand
Conquering Isolation The First 50 Years of Air New Zealand Author:Neil Rennie Published to commemorate the first 50 years of operations by Air New Zealand this fine book is also a history of the development of systamatic commercial passenger air transport in NZ as it also includes detail of the domestic carrier NAC, formed after WWII when private airlines were nationalised. NAC was later absorbed into Air New Zealand, whi... more »ch had its initiation as Tasman Empire Airways in the late 1930s. After a brief review NZ aviation pioneering the book deals with the airline's history in terms of fleet equipment -- The Flying Boat Era, Landplanes and Turboprops, The Pure Jets, The Jumbo Jet. This is an objective company history, covering the controversey of the NAC/Air NZ merger, the Erebus Disaster and the subsequent recovery of the airline. An excellent airline history. 200 pages including four appendices, bibliography, index, 22 colour photo section, b/w photos/maps throughout, aircraft side view line drawings.« less