Title Earlybird : the story of Phil Lightband / Wendy Laurenson

Published Mangonui, N.Z. : P. Lightband, [1996] ©1996

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	629.13092 Lightb Lau/Ets		AVAILABLE

Description 318 pages : illustrations, facsimile, map, portraits ; 21 cm Summary In 1950 Lightband made an epic flight in a single-engine aircraft from England to Sydney with no radio and only a compass and maps to navigate by. The ensuing drama captured World headlines. This is history Notes Includes index Subject Lightband, Phil, 1925- Air pilots -- New Zealand -- Biography. Genre/Form Biographies. ISBN 047303798X (paperback)

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