Contested Skies: Trans-Australia Airlines Australian Airlines 1946 - 1992

TAA had almost a fifty-year record of ground-breaking aviation throughout Australia. Along with Qantas, the airline helped Australia overcome the "tyranny of distance", and made a sustained contribution to aviation in its early years.
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