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The Resource Hudson Fysh, Grantlee Kieza

Hudson Fysh, Grantlee Kieza

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Hudson Fysh was a decorated First World War hero who not only founded Australia's national airline, Qantas, but steered it for almost half a century from its humble beginnings with two rickety biplanes to the age of the jumbo jets. One of Australia's celebrated Light Horsemen at Gallipoli, Fysh went on to fly death-defying missions for Lawrence of Arabia with the Australian Flying Corps and battle Germans in deadly dogfights in the skies over Palestine. On his return from the Great War, Fysh launched his bush airline, the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd (Qantas), with the help of a wartime pilot friend and some western Queensland graziers. After flying the first scheduled Qantas passenger flight in 1922, he ushered in the Flying Doctor Service that still assists remote communities. Fysh went on to guide Qantas through the dark days of the Great Depression, the perilous years of the Second World War and into the great boom in international tourism that followed with the jet age, giving millions of Australians their first experience of international travel
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
ix, 470 pages, [16] pages of unnumbered plates
Note
"The extraordinary life of the the First World War hero who founded Qantas and gave Ausralia its wings"--cover
Isbn
9780733341533
Instance
Label
Hudson Fysh
Title
Hudson Fysh
Statement of responsibility
Grantlee Kieza
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Hudson Fysh was a decorated First World War hero who not only founded Australia's national airline, Qantas, but steered it for almost half a century from its humble beginnings with two rickety biplanes to the age of the jumbo jets. One of Australia's celebrated Light Horsemen at Gallipoli, Fysh went on to fly death-defying missions for Lawrence of Arabia with the Australian Flying Corps and battle Germans in deadly dogfights in the skies over Palestine. On his return from the Great War, Fysh launched his bush airline, the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd (Qantas), with the help of a wartime pilot friend and some western Queensland graziers. After flying the first scheduled Qantas passenger flight in 1922, he ushered in the Flying Doctor Service that still assists remote communities. Fysh went on to guide Qantas through the dark days of the Great Depression, the perilous years of the Second World War and into the great boom in international tourism that followed with the jet age, giving millions of Australians their first experience of international travel
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
AU@
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Kieza, Grantlee
Dewey number
387.70994
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
  • facsimiles
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Fysh, Wilmot Hudson
  • Qantas Airways
  • Businesspeople
  • Air pilots
  • Airlines
Target audience
adult
Label
Hudson Fysh, Grantlee Kieza
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
"The extraordinary life of the the First World War hero who founded Qantas and gave Ausralia its wings"--cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • cartographic image
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • cri
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000072275267
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
ix, 470 pages, [16] pages of unnumbered plates
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9780733341533
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some colour), map, portraits, facsimiles
System control number
(OCoLC)1337869652
Label
Hudson Fysh, Grantlee Kieza
Publication
Copyright
Note
"The extraordinary life of the the First World War hero who founded Qantas and gave Ausralia its wings"--cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • cartographic image
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • cri
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000072275267
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
ix, 470 pages, [16] pages of unnumbered plates
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9780733341533
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some colour), map, portraits, facsimiles
System control number
(OCoLC)1337869652

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