List of Australian aviation firsts

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

International

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.
YearDateEventLocationPlaneAviator(s)
19171917-03-20Victoria Cross for Australian Aviator[1]GazaB.E.2cFrank McNamara (VC)
19191919-12-10England to Australia[2]Hounslow to DarwinVickers VimyKeith Smith, Ross Smith
19281928-02-22England to Australia, solo[3]Croydon Airport to DarwinAvro AvianBert Hinkler
19281928-06-09North America to Australia[4]Oakland to BrisbaneFokker F.VIICharles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, James Warner, Harry Lyon
19281928-09-11Australia to New Zealand[5]Richmond, New South Wales to ChristchurchFokker F.VIICharles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Harold Litchfield, Thomas H. McWilliams
19281928-12-20Antarctic Continent, first flight over[6]Deception Island to Deception IslandLockheed VegaHubert Wilkins
19301930-05-24England to Australia, solo, female[7]Croydon Airport to DarwinGipsy MothAmy Johnson
19301930-07-04Circumnavigation of Earth, via Australia[8]Oakland, California to Oakland, California, flying westFokker F.VIICharles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm
19311931-01-07Australia to New Zealand, solo[9]Sydney Airport to Hari Hari, WestlandAvro AvianGuy Menzies
19371937-08-18Australia to South Africa, solo via Asia[10]Archerfield to Cape TownKlemm Kl 32Maude Bonney
19481948-11-20Australia to South Africa, via Indian Ocean[11]Sydney Airport to Palmietfontein AirportAvro LancastrianL.R. Ambrose
19511951-03-27Australia to South America[12]Rose Bay, New South Wales to ValparaísoCatalinaPatrick Gordon Taylor
19831983-07-22Circumnavigation of Earth by helicopter, solo[13]Fort Worth, Texas to Fort Worth, Texas, flying eastBell 206B Jetranger IIIDick Smith
19891989-08-17England to Australia, non-stop[14]London Heathrow Airport to Sydney AirportBoeing 747-438David Massey-Greene; George Lindeman
19891989-11-11Circumnavigation of Earth, solo, female[15]Sydney to Sydney, flying eastPiper SaratogaGaby Kennard
19961996-05-19Space flight[16]Kennedy Space Center to Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-77Space Shuttle EndeavourAndrew Thomas
20132013-09-07Circumnavigation of Earth, solo, teenager[17]Wollongong to Wollongong, flying eastCirrus SR22Ryan Campbell

National

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
YearDateEventLocationMachineAviator(s)
18581858-02-01Balloon flight[18]Richmond, Victoria"Australasian" BalloonJoseph Dean
18791879-04-14Parachute descent (of balloon and pilot)[19]Melbourne"Aurora" BalloonHenri L'Estrange
18881888-12-08Parachute descent[20]Ashfield, New South Wales"Gem" BalloonJ.T. Williams
18941894-11-12Unpowered flight using heavier-than-air device (kites)[21]Stanwell Park, New South WalesFour box kitesLawrence Hargrave
19091909-12-05Flight of heavier-than-air machine (glider)[22]Narrabeen, New South WalesTaylor Biplane GliderGeorge Augustine Taylor
19091909-12-09Powered flight of heavier-than-air machine[23]SydneyWright Model AColin Defries
19101910-07-16Flight of Australian-built plane[24]Mia Mia, VictoriaDuigan pusher biplaneJohn Duigan
19111911-12-05First airman to qualify as pilot in Australia (Licence No. 1)[25]SydneyBristol BoxkiteWilliam Ewart Hart
19121912-08-06Military pilot[26]EnglandDeperdussin monoplaneHenry Petre
19141914-03-01Military flight[27]Point CookBristol BoxkiteEric Harrison
19141914-05-11Seaplane flight[28]SydneyMaurice Farman "hydro-aeroplane"Maurice Guillaux
19141914-07-18Air mail[29]Melbourne to SydneyBlériot XIMaurice Guillaux
19191919-08-06Air mail over-water flight (in Southern Hemisphere)[30]Adelaide to MinlatonAvro 504Harry Butler
19191919-11-16Crossing of continent[31]Melbourne to Port DarwinB.E.2eHenry Wrigley and Arthur Murphy
19191919-12-16Bass Strait[32]Stanley, Tasmania to Torquay, VictoriaBoulton Paul P.9Arthur L. Long
19241924-05-19Circumnavigation of continent[33]Point Cook, Victoria to St Kilda, Victoria, anti-clockwiseFairey III floatplaneIvor McIntyre, Stanley Goble
19281928-05-17Royal Flying Doctor Service[34]Cloncurry, Queensland to Julia Creek, Queenslandde Havilland DH.50Arthur Affleck
19341934-10-01Autogyro flight[35]Essendon AerodromeCiervaDouglas Robertson
19371937-11-21Parachute descent by female[36]EssendonAirco DH.4Jean Burns

Regional

Joseph Joel Hammond flying his Bristol Boxkite at Ascot Racecourse (Mascot, NSW) April 1911.
YearDateStateEventLocationMachineAviator(s)
19101910-03-12/3SAFirst flight in South Australia[37]Bolivar, South AustraliaBleriot monoplaneCarl William 'Bill' Wittber
19101910-03-17SAFirst controlled flight in South Australia[38]Bolivar, South AustraliaBleriot monoplaneFred Custance
19101910-03-18VicFlight at Diggers Rest[38]Diggers Rest, VictoriaVoisin biplaneHarry Houdini
19111911-04-18NSWFlight at Sydney Airport (site)[39]Sydney AirportBristol BoxkiteJoseph Joel Hammond
19311931-04-01NSWFlight at Lord Howe Island[40]Lord Howe IslandGypsy Moth seaplaneFrancis Chichester

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See also

References

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Further reading

  • 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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