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The riddle of Richard Pearse : the story of New Zealand's pioneer aviator and inventor /

Ogilvie, Gordon, 1934-

The riddle of Richard Pearse : the story of New Zealand's pioneer aviator and inventor / Gordon Ogilvie. - 4th ed. rev. - Auckland, N.Z. : Reed Books, 2003. - xvi, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

"Hundredth anniversary edition"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255) and index.

A self-taught backyard mechanic from a remote New Zealand farm, Pearse was not only among the first to leave the ground in a heavier than air machine, but was conducting his earliest experiments at the same time as the Wright brothers.

ISBN: 0790003295 9780790003290

LCCN: 2003374641

Subjects--Personal Names:
Pearse, Richard, 1877-1953.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Aeronautics--History.--New Zealand
Air pilots--New Zealand--Biography.
Inventors--New Zealand--Biography.

LC Class. No.: TL540.P34 / O33 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 629.13092

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