Flypast: A Record of Aviation in Australia
- ISBN-10
- 0644079185
- ISBN-13
- 9780644079181
- Category
- Transportation / Aviation / History
- Pages
- 542
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Australian Government Pub. Service
- Authors
- Neville M. Parnell, Trevor Boughton
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