Get in touch

How Bert Hinkler waited 10 years for first epic solo flight

Name: How Bert Hinkler waited 10 years for first epic solo flight
SKU: 00176
Availability: InStock

00176

AU$0.00

In stock

Quantity:

Product Details

Abiography of a Queenslander who joined the Royal Navy Air Service and, after training as a pilot, the Royal Air Force. He had extensive active service during WW1. As an inventor and mechanic he had numerous positions as pilot and test pilot around the world and finally achieved the first England to Australia flight. He died in a plane crash in Italy in 1933.

Save this product for later

Acknowledgement of country

The Historical Society of the Northern Territory acknowledges the Larrakia people, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which History House stands, and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea, and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.