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'This extract describes a triumph in peace-time by Captain Sir Gordon Taylor, one of Australia's greatest airmen... In 1951 he added to his growing reputation by making the first flight from Australia to South America... The following passage deals with the final hop of 2000 miles from Easter Island to Chile.'
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Frigate Bird
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Angus and Robertson
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1953
Z1489058
1953
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autobiography
In March 1951 Taylor flew across the South Pacific from Australia to Chile, via Tahiti and Easter Island, in the Catalina Frigate Bird II. This work describes his journey.
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