Michael Molkentin: 2 books
Flying the Southern Cross
The Adventures of Aviators Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Australian aviators Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm made the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928 in an aircraft constructed largely of timber and fabric, the Southern Cross. With Americans Jim Warner as radio operator and Harry Lyon as navigator, they made the trip from Oakland, California, in...
Fire in the Sky
The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
'I half rolled, and there before my eyes was as perfect a target as I had ever seen in my life. A pressure of a thumb, a short burst, a puff of smoke, a flash of flame, a hole on the clouds-and it was over.'
Lieutenant Robert McKenzie, No. 2 Squadron Australian Flying Corps.
When the...