Aviation & airports
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On This Day
6 Nov 1935 - Charles Kingsford Smith flight
On 6 November 1935 Charles Kingsford Smith took off in his plane, the Lady Southern Cross, from Britain in a record breaking attempt to fly to Australia. Kingsford Smith, his co-pilot J.T. Pethybridge and the plane were never seen again
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Flying boats: Sydney's golden age of aviation
The 1930s were widely considered aviation’s ‘golden’ age, a time when modernity and luxury combined to define an era in world travel that will almost certainly never be repeated
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Nancy Bird Walton, pilot
Nancy Bird Walton AO was the youngest female pilot in Australia and continued to challenge aviation obstacles throughout her life