The golden age of New Zealand flying boats
By: Paul Harrison with Brian Lockstone and Andy Anderson
Publisher: Random House N.Z.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Seaplanes; History; World War, 1939-1945; New Zealand Aerial operations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 320).
Table of contents: title: Take-off (Early days ; Hobsonville beginnings ; The scramble for Pacific air routes); title: Turbulent air (The pusser's duck ; Into action ; The Empire flying boats ; TEAL at war ; Singapores from Singapore ; To war in the Far East ; Operations at Suva ; Sea 'Cats' ; Warcats ; Seaplane training flight ; Transports to peace ; The flying boat transport flight ; NAC sunderlands ; The marine section); title: Interim arrangements (Post-war reshaping ; The New Zealand incident ; Post-war Ctalinas ; Queen of the seas and skies ;New Zealand based operations ; Tropical sunderlands ; The sunderlands are paid off ; Uniformed small fry ; Final days); title: Appendices (Aircraft technical details ; History of selected aircraft ; Colours and markings for RNZAF flying boats ; Wartime conversion of TEAL boats ; Catalina Dumbo missions and ferry crews.