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Brisbane pilot Lores Bonney broke many records during the 1930s, narrowly cheating death several times. Despite being lauded as the first woman to fly solo from Australia to England, she remains little known today.
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Young Aussie Lachlan Smart is attempting to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world.
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In 1920, two Gallipoli veterans decided remote Australian communities needed an air service, and Qantas was born.
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From 1966 to 1994, Australia’s $20 bill featured a little-known inventor who made a major contribution to the invention of the aeroplane
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Donald Mackay was on a mission: to venture into Australia’s unknown central desert and accurately map what he saw from the air.
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Prior to Kingsford Smith’s successful flight over the Tasman, Moncrief and Hood’s attempt ended in disaster.
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John Duigan, the first to design, build and fly an Australian- made plane, was born on May 31, 1882.
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The first solo flight from England to Australia was completed on 22 February 1928 by Australian aviator Bert Hinkler.
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On 24 May 1930 Amy Johnson became the first aviatrix to conquer the London to Darwin solo flight.
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Australia’s iconic aerial medical service took its first flight on 17 May 1928.