Aviation & airports
Flying boats: Sydney's golden age of aviation
The 1930s were widely considered aviation’s ‘golden’ age, a time when modernity and luxury combined to define an era in world travel that will almost certainly never be repeated
Nancy Bird Walton, pilot
Nancy Bird Walton AO was the youngest female pilot in Australia and continued to challenge aviation obstacles throughout her life
On This Day
Last flight of Charles Kingsford Smith
On 6 November 1935, Charles Kingsford Smith and his co-pilot, JT Pethybridge, departed Britain in the 'Lady Southern Cross' on a record-breaking flight to Australia. Tragically, they and the aircraft disappeared and were never seen again