Famous New Zealand Aviators

ISBN-10
1869340663
ISBN-13
9781869340667
Category
Aeronautics
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
1998-01-01
Author
John King

Description

Richard Pearse, Jean Batten, Will Scotland, Fred Ladd, George Bolt, Bert Mercer, Harry Wigley, Pam Collings.

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