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nice :D

She's featured on a travel case I recently made:

pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) This is so great! We're sure Lores Bonney would have loved this. Thanks for sharing, sorry we are so very late in responding!

Lores Bonney (pronounced ‘Lor-ee’) is a name unfamiliar to many Australians, yet she was a pioneering aviatrix who dodged death on a number of record-breaking solo flights across the globe. Thankfully, for historians, Bonney kept meticulous notes of her trips – even recording entries at 10-minute intervals during flights. Brisbane pilot Lores Bonney broke many records during the 1930s, narrowly cheating death several times. Despite being lauded as the first woman to fly solo from Australia to England, she remains little known today. Source: www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/20...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/188067323 - similar NLA Fairfax pic...

During his 1929-30 England Australia flight, Chichester arrived at Darwin on 25th January, 1930...he then flew south and landed in Sydney on 30th January, 1930...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16621143 - SMH, 27th January, 1930...'Mr Chichester ; Arrival at Darwin'

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16622272 - SMH, 31st January, 1930...'Long Flight Ends ; Mr Chichester ; Lands at Mascot'

One interesting and probably long-forgotten piece of trivia re Chichester's 1929-30 England-Australia flight is that at the time he was often regarded as a New Zealander…during the 1920s, Chichester had lived in New Zealand for the best part of a decade, and on his arrival in Sydney he was greeted by a sizable contingent of the Sydney New Zealand Association, who’d adopted him as one of their own…

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90104968 - the Adelaide Chronicle, 6th February, 1930...some background on Chichester's arrival in Sydney...per this item, members of the Sydney New Zealand Association carried Chichester in triumphal fashion to the NSW Aero Club clubhouse...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160633355 - the Sydney Mail, 5th February, 1930...here even the Sydney Mail refers to Chichester as 'the New Zealand airman'...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/188067345 - NLA Fairfax pic of Chichester at Mascot...here he's chatting with NSW Attorney-General Frank Boyce, who represented the State Government at the official welcome...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/188067346 - I suspect these chaps might be members of the Sydney New Zealand Association, who were at Mascot to welcome Chichester...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/188532887 - ditto...the Maori chap we see here in the middle might be Bill Rangi (Wiremu Haeata Rangi), a New Zealand WW1 veteran who lived in Sydney after WW1...but I haven't yet managed to find a pic of Rangi which might confirm this...

Following his 1929-30 flight from England to Australia, Chichester shipped his aircraft to New Zealand...where it was fitted with floats and converted to a seaplane...and re-registered as ZK-AKK. The following year Chichester then made the first solo trans-Tasman flight from west-east...albeit via Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. He left Auckland on 28th March, 1931...and landed at Cascade Bay, Norfolk Island that same day...he flew to Lord Howe Island on 1st April. Unfortunately, at Lord Howe his aircraft was damaged when it capsized during a squall…following repairs, which took some 9 weeks, he flew to Australia on 6th June, intending to make for Port Macquarie…however, he encountered bad weather and ended up off course, at Jervis Bay, South of Sydney…at Jervis Bay his aircraft was then lifted aboard HMAS Albatross and later transported to Sydney....he arrived in Sydney on 12th June on HMS Albatross...and departed Sydney 3rd July on a proposed world tour...as things transpired Chichester's world tour flight ended in disaster when he reached Japan...on 14th August his aircraft crashed after hitting overhead wires... Chichester was quite badly injured and the aircraft was written off...

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Once the main airport in Brisbane, Archerfield Airport holds a rich history from the time it was first established in the 1930s. Today, Archerfield Airport serves as a major general aviation airport and secondary airport for the city. Within the property are a licensed pub, aircraft hire, flight training facilities and a heritage-listed cemetery. Its art deco passenger terminal remains intact from the time it was built in 1941. This fully preserved structure pretty much gives the present a glimpse of the past. A public aviation museum also exists within the airport. It was in 1927 when the area was first tested by Captain Lester Brian, chief flying instructor for Qantas Airways, to see if it could be used an airfield. The government purchased the site in 1929 to build the airport and named it Archerfield to distinguish it from the surrounding farmlands. On 1 April 1931, the airport officially opened. Qantas moved its operations from Eagle Farm to Archerfield. Ansett ANA and Trans Australia Airlines also offered regular passenger transport services at the airport. During World War II, Archerfield Airport was abuzz with activity as it became a significant airfield for the military. It hosted the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), the Royal Netherlands Air Force, and the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It was after WWII when the Eagle Farm airport grew in significance and Archerfield got delegated to secondary airport status. The airport turned its focus to flight training afterwards. Today, one of the oldest flying schools in the world, the Royal Queensland Aero Club, still operates at Archerfield. Source: robertsonnews.com.au/rich-history-of-archerfield-airport-...

Royal Queensland Aero Club is the oldest established flying school in the world, this year they will proudly celebrate their 90th anniversary of continuous flying operations. Early members of Royal Queensland Aero Club include many of Australia's most distinguished aviators including Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Bert Hinkler and Lores Bonney. RQAC has a long association with Qantas, having first signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd (Qantas) on 28th March 1930. In 1940 the RQAC commenced training of Pilots for the Royal Aust Air Force at Archerfield using Club facilities and aircraft. Royal Queensland Aero Club has a proud heritage of aviation training they have not been content with to rest their proud traditions and reputation. As they enter their 91st year of operations RQAC endeavors to provide flight training at the highest standards with an emphasis on continuous improvement at all times. Source: www.bestaviation.net/school/aeroclub_rqac/