The Man Who Saved Smithy: Fighter Pilot, Pioneer Aviator, Hero: The Life of Sir Gordon Taylor MC GC by Rick Searle

The Man Who Saved Smithy: Fighter Pilot, Pioneer Aviator, Hero: The Life of Sir Gordon Taylor MC GC by Rick Searle

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781760113407
Author: Rick Searle
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place: Crows Nest NSW
Year: 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly to front cover right corners, now protected with book tape. Foredges have sunned. Minor marks on foredges. Interior and binding are still very good.

Patrick Gordon 'Bill' Taylor was a pioneer of Australian aviation. As a fighter pilot during World War I, he was awarded the Military Cross and discovered a life-long passion for flight and air navigation.

Returning to Australia after the war, he became a close friend of Charles Kingsford Smith; they formed an incredible flying partnership, setting records around the globe.

On a flight across the Tasman in Smithy's famous Southern Cross, Taylor earned the Empire's highest award for civilian bravery, the George Cross. With one engine out of action and another fast running out of oil, Taylor repeatedly climbed out of the cockpit to transfer oil to the stricken engine and keep the Southern Cross flying, all this while suspended over the sea in a howling slipstream.

After the deaths of his friends Charles Ulm and Kingsford Smith in separate accidents, Taylor became Australia's greatest surviving aviator, pioneering vital new trans-oceanic air routes during World War II and receiving a knighthood in honour of his services to flight. The Man Who Saved Smithy is an enthralling account of his remarkable life and achievements. (back cover)

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