TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ogilvie, Gordon,
TI  - The riddle of Richard Pearse: the story of New Zealand's pioneer aviator and inventor 
SN  - 0790003295
AV  - TL540.P34 O33 2003
U1  - 629.13092 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z.
PB  - Reed Books
KW  - Pearse, Richard,
KW  - Aeronautics
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - History
KW  - Air pilots
KW  - Biography
KW  - Inventors
N1  - "Hundredth anniversary edition"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255) and index
N2  - 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
ER  -