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AIR NEW ZEALAND: Commemorative Menu by DC10 to the Antarctic, 21 November 1979
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$100 - $150
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AIR NEW ZEALAND
Commemorative Menu by DC10 to the Antarctic, 21 November 1979
Shows an emperor penguin sheltering a baby penguin between its feet. Inside front cover shows a map of the Antarctic. The title page shows a portrait of the commentator Robert Thomson, illustration of the ski-plane, the 'Floyd Bennett', and a quotation from Richard E Byrd who with two companions was the first to fly over the pole: "From here everything lies to the North!", with a rubber stamp of a penguin and chick with ‘Air New Zealand Antarctic Flights, Antarctica 1979' p2-4 feature the menu. 325mm colour lithograph on folded card.
The flight of 28 November 1979 crashed into Mount Erebus killing all on board. See "Mount Erebus disaster", 'Wikipedia'.
Commemorative Menu by DC10 to the Antarctic, 21 November 1979
Shows an emperor penguin sheltering a baby penguin between its feet. Inside front cover shows a map of the Antarctic. The title page shows a portrait of the commentator Robert Thomson, illustration of the ski-plane, the 'Floyd Bennett', and a quotation from Richard E Byrd who with two companions was the first to fly over the pole: "From here everything lies to the North!", with a rubber stamp of a penguin and chick with ‘Air New Zealand Antarctic Flights, Antarctica 1979' p2-4 feature the menu. 325mm colour lithograph on folded card.
The flight of 28 November 1979 crashed into Mount Erebus killing all on board. See "Mount Erebus disaster", 'Wikipedia'.
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