A Noble Chance: One Pilots Life by Capt. Maurice McGreal. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

A Noble Chance: One Pilots Life by Capt. Maurice McGreal.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Publisher: QGMedia Ltd (NZ), 1994, First Edition.

Very good softback, some cover creasing, name label to title page, some minor marks.

Civil Service of Pilots 1938, RAF 1940, Tasman Airways 1946-1962. 1962 Civil Aviation Dept. 200 pages, illustrated.

One Pilots life, through World War Two in Bomber Command in England, then to West Africa flying Sunderland Flying boats for Coastal Command. Then after the War, back to his home in the South Pacific (New Zealand) flying Solent flying boats for TEAL (the forerunner of Air New Zealand) throughout the Pacific, on the Tasman and what was known as the Coral Route (1950-60 Fiji, Samoa and Tahiti). Then on to a fulfilling career in NZ Aviation Safety A wonderful tale of one pilots life, at a time when aviation was still romance and action.