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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Wykonano w Drukarni "Glosu Polskiego, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good Plus. First edition/printing trade paperback in Very Good Plus condition. The story of this aviation pioneer and his historic flight from Warsaw to Japan and back to Warsaw - winner of many aviation races and awards, he settled in Mississauga, Ontario Canada for his later years! B&W photos plus author photo.
Do Krainy Wshodzacego Slonca. by Orlinski, Boleslaw - 1978
by Orlinski, Boleslaw
Do Krainy Wshodzacego Slonca.
by Orlinski, Boleslaw
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
Toronto, Ontario.: Glosu Polskiego.. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. 8vo - 22 x 15 cm.; 93 pp. The text is in Polish with the title translating as "To the Land of the Rising Sun". Orlinski (1899-1992) was a Polish aviator and test pilot who, with his mechanic, Leon Kubiak, flew from Warsaw to Tokyo and back to Warsaw in 1926 in a Breguet 19 A2. For this he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun and the French Legion of Honor. This is an account of that flight. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs one of which is a frontis photograph of the author and a one page map of the flight path. Minor wear to the externals and with some light soiling to the covers, otherwise clean with a tight binding. .
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (CA)
- Format/Binding Softcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Glosu Polskiego.
- Place of Publication Toronto, Ontario.
- Date Published 1978
- Keywords Poland; Polish; Aviation; History;, Memoirs; Flights; 305 Polish Bomber, Squadron;