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

By:

Ogilvie, Gordon, 1934- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Reed Books, 2003.Edition: 4th ed. revDescription: xvi, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:

0790003295
9780790003290

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

629.13092 21

LOC classification:

TL540.P34 O33 2003

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage	Non Fiction	629.13 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A09208055

"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.

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