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List of firsts for aviation in Australia or for Australian aviators.

International

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Frank McNamara (left), Kantara, Suez Canal, Egypt c. May 1917
Arrival of Sir Ross Smith's Vickers Vimy at Mascot, Sydney, NSW. 1920-02-14.
Bert Hinkler returning to Brisbane after his solo flight London to Brisbane, February 1928
Charles Kingsford-Smith with his Mother and Father, 1928.
Year Date Event Location Plane Aviator(s)
1917 1917-03-20 Victoria Cross for Australian Aviator[1] Gaza B.E.2c Frank McNamara (VC)
1919 1919-12-10 England to Australia[2] Hounslow to Darwin Vickers Vimy Keith Smith, Ross Smith
1928 1928-02-22 England to Australia, solo[3] Croydon Airport to Darwin Avro Avian Bert Hinkler
1928 1928-06-09 North America to Australia[4] Oakland to Brisbane Fokker F.VII Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, James Warner, Harry Lyon
1928 1928-09-11 Australia to New Zealand[5] Richmond, New South Wales to Christchurch Fokker F.VII Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Harold Litchfield, Thomas H. McWilliams
1928 1928-12-20 Antarctic Continent, first flight over[6] Deception Island to Deception Island Lockheed Vega Hubert Wilkins
1930 1930-05-24 England to Australia, solo, female[7] Croydon Airport to Darwin Gipsy Moth Amy Johnson
1930 1930-07-04 Circumnavigation of Earth, via Australia[8] Oakland, California to Oakland, California, flying west Fokker F.VII Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm
1931 1931-01-07 Australia to New Zealand, solo[9] Sydney Airport to Hari Hari, Westland Avro Avian Guy Menzies
1937 1937-08-18 Australia to South Africa, solo via Asia[10] Archerfield to Cape Town Klemm Kl 32 Maude Bonney
1948 1948-11-20 Australia to South Africa, via Indian Ocean[11] Sydney Airport to Palmietfontein Airport Avro Lancastrian L.R. Ambrose
1951 1951-03-27 Australia to South America[12] Rose Bay, New South Wales to Valparaíso Catalina Patrick Gordon Taylor
1983 1983-07-22 Circumnavigation of Earth by helicopter, solo[13] Fort Worth, Texas to Fort Worth, Texas, flying east Bell 206B Jetranger III Dick Smith
1989 1989-08-17 England to Australia, non-stop[14] London Heathrow Airport to Sydney Airport Boeing 747-438 David Massy-Greene; George Lindeman
1989 1989-11-11 Circumnavigation of Earth, solo, female[15] Sydney to Sydney, flying east Piper Saratoga Gaby Kennard
1996 1996-05-19 Space flight[16] Kennedy Space Center to Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-77 Space Shuttle Endeavour Andrew Thomas
2013 2013-09-07 Circumnavigation of Earth, solo, teenager[17] Wollongong to Wollongong, flying east Cirrus SR22 Ryan Campbell

National

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John Robertson Duigan at the Controls of his Biplane, Bendigo Racecourse, Victoria, 3 May 1911
William Ewart Hart in his Bristol Boxkite Biplane. 1912.
Maurice Guillaux and his Bleriot XI monoplane after the first mail and cargo flight Melbourne-Sydney. 1914-07-18
Year Date Event Location Machine Aviator(s)
1858 1858-02-01 Balloon flight[18] Richmond, Victoria "Australasian" Balloon Joseph Dean
1879 1879-04-14 Parachute descent (of balloon and pilot)[19] Melbourne "Aurora" Balloon Henri L'Estrange
1888 1888-12-08 Parachute descent[19] Ashfield, New South Wales "Gem" Balloon J.T. Williams
1890 1890-02-08 Parachute descent by a woman[20] Newcastle, New South Wales "Australia" Balloon Valerie Freitas (as "Valerie Van Tassell")
1894 1894-11-12 Unpowered flight using heavier-than-air device (kites)[21] Stanwell Park, New South Wales Four box kites Lawrence Hargrave
1909 1909-12-05 Flight of heavier-than-air machine (glider)[22] Narrabeen, New South Wales Taylor Biplane Glider George Augustine Taylor
1909 1909-12-09 Powered flight of heavier-than-air machine[23] Sydney Wright Model A Colin Defries
1910 1910-07-16 Flight of Australian-built plane[24] Mia Mia, Victoria Duigan pusher biplane John Duigan
1911 1911-12-05 First airman to qualify as pilot in Australia (Licence No. 1)[25] Sydney Bristol Boxkite William Ewart Hart
1912 1912-08-06 Military pilot[26] England Deperdussin monoplane Henry Petre
1914 1914-03-01 Military flight[27] Point Cook Bristol Boxkite Eric Harrison
1914 1914-05-11 Seaplane flight[28] Sydney Maurice Farman "hydro-aeroplane" Maurice Guillaux
1914 1914-07-18 Air mail[29] Melbourne to Sydney Blériot XI Maurice Guillaux
1919 1919-08-06 Air mail over-water flight (in Southern Hemisphere)[30] Adelaide to Minlaton Avro 504 Harry Butler
1919 1919-11-16 Crossing of continent[31] Melbourne to Port Darwin B.E.2e Henry Wrigley and Arthur Murphy
1919 1919-12-16 Bass Strait[32] Stanley, Tasmania to Torquay, Victoria Boulton Paul P.9 Arthur L. Long
1924 1924-05-19 Circumnavigation of continent[33] Point Cook, Victoria to St Kilda, Victoria, anti-clockwise Fairey III floatplane Ivor McIntyre, Stanley Goble
1928 1928-05-17 Royal Flying Doctor Service[34] Cloncurry, Queensland to Julia Creek, Queensland de Havilland DH.50 Arthur Affleck
1934 1934-10-01 Autogyro flight[35] Essendon Aerodrome Cierva Douglas Robertson
1937 1937-11-21 Parachute descent by female[36] Essendon Airco DH.4 Jean Burns

Regional

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Joseph Joel Hammond flying his Bristol Boxkite at Ascot Racecourse (Mascot, NSW) April 1911.
Year Date State Event Location Machine Aviator(s)
1910 1910-03-12/3 SA First flight in South Australia[37] Bolivar, South Australia Bleriot monoplane Carl William 'Bill' Wittber
1910 1910-03-17 SA First controlled flight in South Australia[38] Bolivar, South Australia Bleriot monoplane Fred Custance
1910 1910-03-18 Vic Flight at Diggers Rest[38] Diggers Rest, Victoria Voisin biplane Harry Houdini
1911 1911-04-18 NSW Flight at Sydney Airport (site)[39] Sydney Airport Bristol Boxkite Joseph Joel Hammond
1931 1931-04-01 NSW Flight at Lord Howe Island[40] Lord Howe Island Gypsy Moth seaplane Francis Chichester

Images

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See also

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References

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  4. ^ Jones, Michael, "Conquering Distance: Kingsford Smith and the first trans-Pacific flight", "National Museum of Australia", 2008-06. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
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  7. ^ Hsiao, Patrick, "On this day: Darwin applauds record flight", "Australian Geographic", 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
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  31. ^ Stephens, Alan, "Wrigley, Henry Neilson (1892–1987)", "Australian Dictionary of Biography", 2012. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  32. ^ The Sun-Herald, "First Man To Fly Bass Strait Dies", The Sun-Herald, 1954-11-07. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
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  40. ^ Hughes, Peter, "Lord Howe Island, Australia: an island entire of itself", "Telegraph Media Group", 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
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Further reading

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  • Brogden, Stanley (1960), "History of Australian Aviation", The Hawthorn Press.
  • Copley, Gregory R. (1976), "Australians in the Air" foreword by Sir Norman Brearley, Rigby. ISBN 0727001396
  • Gibson, Ron J. (1971), "Australia and Australians in Civil Aviation, An Index to Events, Volume 1 1823 - 1920" ISBN 0642981256
  • Lee, Adam (2008), "Australian Aviation, A Pictorial History", Axiom Publishing. ISBN 9781864765106
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