Papers of Charles Ulm

Author: Charles Thomas Phillippe Ulm
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 69

Book Description
MS 215 comprises newspaper cuttings relating to the search for Charles Ulm and his crew after his crash landing in the Pacific in 1934, six photographs, a map signed by Ulm, 1931, a souvenir book of flights made by the aircraft Faith in Australia, 1933-1934, the memorandum from Charles Ulm to G.M. Littlejohn, J.L. Skilling, Ayres and Imperial Oil Limited dated 16 November 1934, and the plan of an airfield.

Charles Ulm

Author: Charles Ulm
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Charles Ulm

Author: Rick Searle
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760636630
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description
Charles Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith were two of the most important pioneers of Australian aviation. Together they succeeded in a number of record-breaking flights that made them instant celebrities around the world, notably the first ever trans-Pacific flight, then setting up Australian National Airways in late 1928. Smithy was the face of the airline, happier in the cockpit or in front of an audience than in the boardroom; Ulm was in his element as managing director. Smithy had the charisma and public acclaim, Ulm the tenacity and organisational skills. In 1932, Kingsford Smith received a knighthood for his services to flying; Ulm did not. Setbacks and tragedies followed, as Ulm tried to develop the embryonic Australian airline industry. ANA was at first successful, but a catastrophic crash and the increasing bite of the Great Depression forced it into bankruptcy in 1933. Desperate to drum up support for a new airline, Ulm's final flight was meant to demonstrate the potential for a regular trans-Pacific passenger service. Somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii his plane, Stella Australis, disappeared. No trace of the plane or crew was ever found. In the years since his death, attention has focused more and more on Smithy, leaving Ulm neglected and overshadowed. In this essential biography, Rick Searle shows that while Ulm lacked Smithy's prowess as an aviator, he was his superior as a visionary, and a driving force behind the growth of modern global air travel. His untimely death robbed Australia of a huge talent.

Flying the Southern Cross

Author: Michael Molkentin
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 064227746X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
In 1928, Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm made the first trans-Pacific flight in the Southern Cross - an aircraft constructed largely of wood and fabric. They made the trip from Oakland, California, in nine days, during which they faced electrical storms, torrential rain, equipment failure, and fuel shortages. Navigational aids were primitive - contact with the outside world was by Morse code only - and safety measures were non-existent. After many close calls, they triumphantly landed in Brisbane, where a crowd of 15,000 welcomed them as heroes. Throughout this extraordinary journey, Ulm kept a logbook in which he recorded his raw impressions of the flight. Using Ulm's logbook, plus contemporary newspaper accounts and official documents, Flying the Southern Cross tells the gripping tale of this history-making flight, and the aviators who made it happen.

The Defeat of Distance

Author: John Gunn
Publisher: john gunn
ISBN: 9780702217074
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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Taking Flight

Author: Kristen Alexander
Publisher: National Library of Australia
ISBN: 0642278865
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
From her first taste of the air when she joined Bert Hinkler in the cockpit for a joy ride in 1928, Lores Bonney was hooked. With her aviation licence and the support of her husband, she took to Australian and international skies and braved the challenge of long-distance flying. Taking Flight draws from the National Library of Australia’s rich archives and manuscript collection to present the tale of Lores Bonney, the first woman to circumnavigate the Australian continent by air, the first woman acknowledged to fly from Australia to England, and the first solo pilot to fly from Australia to Cape Town, South Africa. Aviation writer Kristen Alexander intimately illuminates the woman behind the audacious pilot, exploring her highs and lows and struggle to gain and maintain her place as one of Australia’s great aviation pioneers.

The Grass Catcher

Author: Ian Wedde
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 177656006X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
From early childhood in postwar Blenheim to the remote regions of Bangladesh, from an English boarding school to 1960s Auckland, and from Jordan during the civil war of 1969–70 to family homes full of children, this dazzling book traces the many shifts in Ian Wedde's life. Haunted by the ghosts of his restless German and Scottish great grandparents, and of his wandering parents, Wedde is always looking over his shoulder as he writes. His companion throughout is his twin brother Dave, who shared their first home—their mother Linda's womb—and who, as the book ends, hosts a lunch where the brothers raise their glasses to the transit lounges of their lives. Affectionate, funny, sad, analytical, but above all honest, The Grass Catcher is at once a moving personal memoir and an engaging and reflective essay on the nature of memory.

Journal of the Assembly, Legislature of the State of California

Author: California. Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1730

Book Description

Ellis Island's Famous Immigrants

Author: Barry Moreno
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439620032
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Since 1776, millions of immigrants have landed at Americas shores. To this day, their practical contributions are still felt in every field of endeavor, including agriculture, industry, and the service trades. But within the great immigrant waves there also came plucky and talented individualists, artists, and dreamers. Many of these exceptional folk went on to win worldly renown, and their names live on in history. Ellis Islands Famous Immigrants tells the story of some of the best known of these legendary characters and highlights their actual immigration experience at Ellis Island. Celebrities featured within its pages include such entrepreneurs as Max Factor, Charles Atlas, and Chef Boyardee; Hollywood icons Pola Negri, Bela Lugosi, and Bob Hope; spiritual figures Father Flanagan and Krishnamurti; authors Isaac Asimov and Kahlil Gibran; painters Arshile Gorky and Max Ernst; and sports figures Knute Rockne and Johnny Weissmuller.

South Pacific Handbook

Author: David Stanley
Publisher: David Stanley
ISBN: 9780960332236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600

Book Description
Travel guide, with brief general studies, for Pacific - covers history under colonialism, traditional culture, entry requirements, leisure and transport facilities, tourist attractions, etc. Bibliography, glossary, illustrations, maps.