Book title please anyone?

[thomarse]

Hi all

A year or so ago I was supplied an incorrect item in a TradeMe purchase but after a quick look soon decided to keep it!

It was about New Zealand girls (mostly unheard of) who had achieved notable feats of aviation. I can recall two chapters - one about a lady of the well-known Barton family from Featherston who from memory travelled to the UK to learn to fly back about the 1920s. The other was about a Gisborne girl who was living in Australia when she learnt, and ended up flying the Tasman both ways in a Cessna 182 while on a PPL.

As usual, I've loaned the book to someone and can't remember who, and want to replace it but can't remember the title.

Can anyone assist please?

Cheers

[corsair67]

Is it:


Silver Wings – New Zealand Women in Aviation - Compiled by Pam Collings:

nzawa.org.nz/shop/

[thomarse]

Nope, but thanks Corsair.

Interesting though, my "Silver Wings" is a 1989 edition with a near-identical cover design but no mention of Pam - mine's by a lady by the name of Shirley Laine..........

I do note in an appendix that the Miss M A Barton to whom I refer is listed as having received her licence at The Wairarapa Aero Club and I recall now that there were anecdotes about her flying at Martinborough.

[flyjoe180]

Do you still have the trade on your 'won' list?

Could it have been 'Women of the Air' like this expired listing?
www.trademe.co.nz/books/nonfiction/transport/aviation/auction-445453148.htm

[Deleted]

I am not sure of this book either - and I know a lot about NZ aviation books.

There is a book about Aline Barton called Wanderlust by Peter Maling of Christchurch - But I don't think this is the book you are after as it is only about her - Book number 165 in my NZ aviation bibliography.

When you do find the book please publish the name and author on this site as we would be keen to know.

[thomarse]

Thanks folks.

FJ180, I couldn't revert to my "Won" list as it was incorrectly supplied to me by the seller, but you did put me on the right track and I dredged through emails until I sorted it out.

Did I say I hadn't read it thoroughly? Well, I hadn't - if I had, I would have described it better! It's not only girls, although there are a fair few.

The book is "Journeying With Aviators in New Zealand" by Roy Sinclair and published in 1998.

Thanks again folks

[flyjoe180]

Glad we could help.

[flyjoe180]

There are two example of that book currently listed.

www.trademe.co.nz/books/rare-collectable/nz-published/transport/auction-457142662.htm

www.trademe.co.nz/books/rare-collectable/nz-published/transport/auction-457142662.htm