1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005835280403321

Autore

Congreso anglo-hispano : 1. : <1992

Titolo

Actas del primer Congreso anglo-hispano / editado por Ralph Penny, Alan Deyermond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid : Association of hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland y Editorial Castalia, 1993

ISBN

84-7039-673-0

Descrizione fisica

2 v. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

860.9

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

860.9 PEN 1(1)

860.9 PEN 1(2)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1.: Lingüistica 2.: Literatura



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461240603321

Autore

Crotty David

Titolo

A flying life [[electronic resource] ] : John Duigan and the first Australian aeroplane / / David Crotty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Melbourne, : Museum Victoria, 2010

ISBN

1-921833-18-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

629.13092

Soggetti

Aeronautics - Australia

Airplanes - Australia

Aeronautics - Australia - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Brighton to London; A Postcard from Britain; Flying Starts; Controlled Flight; Britain & Brooklands; Melbourne; Training for War; Above the Battlefield; Back to Business; EPILOGUE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The flying career of John Robertson Duigan spanned just a decade from 1908 to 1918. One hundred years ago he built and successfully flew the first aeroplane made in Australia using only photographs, journal articles and an unreliable textbook as his guides. He was the first Australian to fly a powered Australian-made aeroplane in Australia.