Bert Hinkler
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Herbert John Louis Hinkler, better known as Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator and inventor. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to
Hinkler, c. 1928
Hinkler and his Avro Avian
Bert Hinkler is presented a cheque and cigarette case by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce
Hinkler's grave in Italy
Avro Avian
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The Avro Avian is a series of British light aircraft designed and built by Avro in the 1920s and 1930s. While the various versions of the Avian were sound aircraft, they were comprehensively outsold b
Bert Hinkler
…Bundaberg a few days later on 27 February. This reduced the England-Australia record from 28 days to just under 151⁄2 days. The aircraft used was an Avro Avian with the registration G-EBOV. The flight was little noticed before Hinkler reached India but then media interest intensified. One paper nicknamed the…
Bert Hinkler's Avro Avian displayed at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia
Avian IV, SE-ADT preserved in good condition and displayed in a café in a shopping center at Arlanda Stad close to Stockholm – Arlanda Airport, Sweden. It has now been moved to Arlanda Flygsamlingar.
The wreckage of the Southern Cross Minor recovered from the Sahara Desert and displayed at the Queensland Museum
Replica of Wop May's Avian at Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton, Alberta.