Hudson Fysh | Author: Grantlee Kieza

Hudson Fysh was a decorated Great War hero who not only founded Australia's national airline, Qantas, but steered it for almost half a century from its humble beginnings with two rickety biplanes to the age of the jumbo jets. More than anyone, Fysh shaped the way that Australians saw the world.

A sickly boy traumatised by his parents' broken marriage, Fysh was a poor student, but the courage and determination he developed playing sport propelled him through his toughest challenges and became the foundations of this great Australian life.

Fysh went on to guide Qantas through the dark days of the Great Depression, the perilous years of the Second World War, when the airline flew dangerous missions for the Allies, and into the great boom in international tourism that followed with the jet age, giving millions of Australians their first experience of international travel.

ISBN: 9780733341533
Hardcover
Pages: 480