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Electra flying : the Lockheed 10 Electra in New Zealand and the pioneering of the main trunk air service / editor, Richard J. Waugh ; contributing authors David Phillips & Richard Waugh.

Title
Electra flying : the Lockheed 10 Electra in New Zealand and the pioneering of the main trunk air service / editor, Richard J. Waugh ; contributing authors David Phillips & Richard Waugh.
Publication
Manukau City [N.Z.] : R. J. Waugh in conjunction with the 'Project Electra' Committee, c1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Waugh, Richard J.
  • Phillips, David.
  • Project Electra. Committee.
Description
120 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 31 cm.
Summary
This book tells the story of how Lockheed 10 Electras revolutionised commercial aviation in New Zealand with their modern American design and speed. In addition to describing the development of the Main Trunk air services through to the jet age, it emphasises the tremendous contribution the air service has made t the New Zealand communication network.
Subject
  • Lockheed aircraft > History
  • Electra (Turboprop transports) > History
  • Aeronautics, Commercial > New Zealand > History
Genre/Form
  • History
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Buying American : choosing the Electra / David Phillips -- Completing the maintrunk / David Phillips -- New routes : Electras branch out / Richard Waugh -- Electras final fling / Richard Waugh -- The main trunk story / David Phillips & Richard Waugh.
ISBN
0473053667 (hbk.) :
LCCN
^^^99218241^
OCLC
48469276
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library