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• May Bradford welding part of the all Australian monoplane for the England-Australia air race, 1934 / photographed by Sam Hood

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  • 21 comments
  • 208 favorites
  • 54,300 views
  • Date taken: 1934
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-18
  • Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, welding, women, trade, engineering, standing, bw, interior, goggles, may, bradford, pilot, ground, engineer, aviation, flight, flag, first, silvergelatin, australia, hood, 1934, monoplane, womensday, samhood, woman
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• Jocelyn Howarth and Nancy Bird, ca. 1930-33 / by unknown photographer

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  • 7 comments
  • 64 favorites
  • 49,808 views
  • Date taken: 1932
  • Date uploaded: 2009-01-13
  • Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, flying, flight, women, airplane, black, white, nancybird, airplanes, pilots, aviators, mygoditsawoman, nancybirdwalton, aeroplanes, jocelynhowarth, constanceworth, aviatrix, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty634679, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, aviation, biplane, aircraft, howarth
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• DH 88 Comet "Grosvenor House" G-ACSS moved into Martin Place to a spot near the Sun-Telegraph Building, Elizabeth Street, for public display (adults 1s, children 3d)

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  • 11 comments
  • 62 favorites
  • 42,528 views
  • Date taken: 1934
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
  • Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, dh88, comet, monoplane, airplane, aeroplane, aircraft, flight, gacss, dehavilland, grosvenorhouse, centenaryairrace, 1934, glassnegative, airrace, martinplace, sydney, suntelegraphbuilding, australia, dehavillanddh88, aviation, airracing, airracer, dehavillandaircraftcompany, dehavillandaircraft, dehaviland, dehavillanddh88comet, dehavillandcomet, dh88comet, dehavillandgipsysix, dehavillandgipsysixr, gipsysix, gipsysixr
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• Brisbane-Singapore air service (DH 86) advertisement, ca. 1935 / H.B. Green & Co.

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  • 8 comments
  • 24 favorites
  • 34,680 views
  • Date taken: 2006-04-21 14:13:31
  • Date uploaded: 2009-05-14
  • Tags: qantas, dehavilland, biplane, propeller, design, ad, advertisement, colour, slide, flight, hbgreenco, qantasempireairways, dh86, 1934, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, cloncurry, aviation, aircraft, airplane, dehavillanddh86, airlines, airliners, vhusc, cn2307, 2307, royalaustralianairforce, raaf, a315, graphic, typography
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• W.E. Hart in his Boxkite biplane, 1911 / photographed by J. L. Turner

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  • 4 comments
  • 56 favorites
  • 30,501 views
  • Date taken: 1911
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
  • Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, boxkitebiplane, biplane, smoke, bw, 1911, aviation, flight, silvergelatin, boxkite, hart, first, historic, poweredflight, pilot, australia, turner, wehart
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• Sgt. Bennett, mechanic ; Keith Smith ; Ross Smith ; Sgt. Shiers, mechanic (left to right), on Sydney Town Hall steps after first UK-Australia flight, 14 Feb 1920

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  • 1 comment
  • 24 favorites
  • 30,025 views
  • Date taken: 2008-11-28 10:58:37
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
  • Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, keithmacphersonsmith, rossmacphersonsmith, jimbennet, wallyshiers, pioneer, aviators, uniforms, sepia, tone, australia, 1920, keith, smith, mechanic, historic, flight, aeronautics, aviator, rossmsmith, rmsmith, rosssmith, keithmsmith, kmsmith, keithsmith, whwallyshiers, whshiers, shiers, jamesmbennett, jmjimbennett, jmbennett, jimbennett, bennett
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• Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm, on landing after the first trans-Pacific flight, Mascot, 10 June 1928

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  • 7 comments
  • 51 favorites
  • 29,349 views
  • Date taken: 1928-06-10 14:55:27
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
  • Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, southerncross, charleskingsfordsmith, charlesulm, mascot, pacificflight, kingsfordsmith, transpacific, flight, historic, australia, silvergelatin, 1928, pilots, aviation, aviators, aviator, fokker, fokkerfvii3m, fokkertrimotor, trimotor, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1303837, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, smith, ulm, coles
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• William Hart, Ascot Racecourse, 15 June 1912

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  • 9 comments
  • 88 favorites
  • 28,800 views
  • Date taken: 1912-06-12 19:14:57
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
  • Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, pics4school, botany, newsouthwales, sydney, biplane, aviation, jjhammond, boxkitebiplane, flight, sepia, pilot, samhood, hood, aeronautics, boxkite, ascot, 1911, poweredaircraft, first, historic, steampunk
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• Arrival of first aerial mail in Brisbane on De Havilland DH 61 Giant Moth, April 23rd 1929, P. H. Moody, Pilot

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  • 3 comments
  • 23 favorites
  • 20,808 views
  • Date taken: 1929-04-23 15:49:24
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
  • Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, dh61, giantmoth, dehavilland, airplane, aeroplane, aircraft, flight, biplane, 1929, phmoody, pilot, antiquetruck, airmail, brisbane, historic, bw
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• Airplane, South Island, New Zealand (Aotearoa), 1949

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  • 14 comments
  • 241 favorites
  • 19,325 views
  • Date uploaded: 2023-12-14
  • Tags: airplane, planes, flight, 1940s, new, zealand, snow, mountains
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• 'Where have the roads gone', Longreach to Darwin Survey for aerodromes and supply depots, 1919, Hudson Fysh

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  • 7 comments
  • 135 favorites
  • 18,211 views
  • Date taken: 1919
  • Date uploaded: 2020-06-05
  • Tags: cars, darwin, outback, longreach, qantas, flight, early, vintage, aerodromes, pioneer, motoring, fordmodelt, modeltford
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• Captain Ross Smith, First flight by Australians from England to Australia, 1919

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  • 0 comments
  • 5 favorites
  • 18,096 views
  • Date taken: 1919
  • Date uploaded: 2019-12-09
  • Tags: aeronautics, calssic, race, ross, kethsmith, smith, vickersvimy, geaou, australia, england, java, northernterritory, flight, pilots, vintage, astronauts, flying, first, 1919
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• Labourers pulling Vickers Vimy out of a bog, Sourabaya, Java, first flight by Australians from England to Australia, 1919

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  • 0 comments
  • 14 favorites
  • 12,500 views
  • Date taken: 1919
  • Date uploaded: 2019-12-09
  • Tags: aeronautics, calssic, race, ross, kethsmith, smith, vickersvimy, geaou, australia, england, java, northernterritory, flight, pilots, vintage, astronauts, flying, first, 1919, godelpallofus, aviation, aircraft, airplane, biplane
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• Cobbs Creek, Northern Territory, where propeller cracked, [Jim] Bennett, Ross [Smith], Keith [Smith], first flight by Australians from England to Australia, 1919

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  • 0 comments
  • 24 favorites
  • 11,892 views
  • Date taken: 1919
  • Date uploaded: 2019-12-09
  • Tags: aeronautics, calssic, race, ross, kethsmith, smith, vickersvimy, geaou, australia, england, java, northernterritory, flight, pilots, vintage, astronauts, flying, first, 1919, godelpallofus
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• 'Deep n the Gulf', McGunness and Gorum, Longreach to Darwin Survey for aerodromes and supply depots, 1919

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  • 5 comments
  • 24 favorites
  • 10,793 views
  • Date taken: 1919
  • Date uploaded: 2020-06-06
  • Tags: hudson, fysh, qantas, history, surveying, aerodromes, exploration, australia, 1919, longreach, early, flight, fordmodelt, modeltford
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• Labourers position bamboo mats to facilitate take-off without getting bogged, Sourabaya, Java, first flight by Australians from England to Australia, 1919

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  • 0 comments
  • 7 favorites
  • 10,112 views
  • Date taken: 1919
  • Date uploaded: 2019-12-09
  • Tags: aeronautics, calssic, race, ross, kethsmith, smith, vickersvimy, geaou, australia, england, java, northernterritory, flight, pilots, vintage, astronauts, flying, first, 1919
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• Vickers Vimy, G-EAOU, First flight by Australians from England to Australia, 1919

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  • 1 comment
  • 12 favorites
  • 9,822 views
  • Date taken: 1919
  • Date uploaded: 2019-12-09
  • Tags: aeronautics, calssic, race, ross, kethsmith, smith, vickersvimy, geaou, australia, england, java, northernterritory, flight, pilots, vintage, astronauts, flying, first, 1919, aviation, aircraft, airplane, biplane, bomber, godelpallofus
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• Vickers Vimy, G-EAOU, used in the first flight by Australians from England to Australia, 1919

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  • 0 comments
  • 14 favorites
  • 9,474 views
  • Date taken: 1919
  • Date uploaded: 2019-12-09
  • Tags: aeronautics, calssic, race, ross, kethsmith, smith, vickersvimy, geaou, australia, england, java, northernterritory, flight, pilots, vintage, astronauts, flying, first, 1919, godelpallofus, aviation, aircraft, airplane, bomber, biplane
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• Prize-giving at glider club, Australia, c. 1930, Sam Hood

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  • 0 comments
  • 50 favorites
  • 9,387 views
  • Date uploaded: 2022-06-14
  • Tags: gliders, flight, vintage, early, blackandwhite, photographs, clubs, australia, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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• Keith Smith, First flight by Australians from England to Australia, 1919

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  • 0 comments
  • 7 favorites
  • 9,212 views
  • Date taken: 1919
  • Date uploaded: 2019-12-09
  • Tags: aeronautics, calssic, race, ross, kethsmith, smith, vickersvimy, geaou, australia, england, java, northernterritory, flight, pilots, vintage, astronauts, flying, first, 1919
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• Stuck in the bracing wires, Vickers Vimy, G-EAOU, first flight by Australians from England to Australia, 1919

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  • 0 comments
  • 5 favorites
  • 9,186 views
  • Date taken: 1919
  • Date uploaded: 2019-12-09
  • Tags: aeronautics, calssic, race, ross, kethsmith, smith, vickersvimy, geaou, australia, england, java, northernterritory, flight, pilots, vintage, astronauts, flying, first, 1919, godelpallofus, aviation, aircraft, airplane, biplane, bomber
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• Seaplanes Rose Bay, Sydney, 1940129

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  • 2 comments
  • 50 favorites
  • 7,245 views
  • Date uploaded: 2024-05-07
  • Tags: seaplane, ww2, flyingboats, rosebay, 1940s, flight, airlines, commercial, vhabc, zkama, shorts23empire, shorts30empire, imperialairways, qantas, flyingboat, airliners, airplane, shorts23
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• Captured horse transport, Palestine, World War One, 1918.

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  • 0 comments
  • 27 favorites
  • 5,044 views
  • Date uploaded: 2024-06-28
  • Tags: hudsonfysh, qantas, aerialphotography, pioneers, flight, ww1, worldwarone, pilots, palestine, aerialphoto, aerialphotograph, aerialreconnaissance, thegreatwar, greatwar, wwi
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