Where New Zealand Touches the World: A History of Auckland International Airport

Hardback, fine condition, small ex book sellers sticker inside, with jacket, minor shelf/edge wear, mainly to back cover. 352 pages

Published by Prentice Hall New Zealand, 2003 9780582544680 By Martyn Thompson, Alice Clements Illustrations (chiefly colour.), maps (come colour.), ports. (chiefly colour.)

2003 is both the 75th anniversary of aviation in Mangere, the 75th anniversary of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's historic trans-Tasman crossing and the 100th anniversary of the first controlled, powered flight of the Wright Brothers in 1903. According it is appropriate that this detailed history of Auckland International Airport is published this year. The book spans the journey from a Mangere farm paddock to a world-class and world leading international airport.

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