List of Australian aviation firsts

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

International
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 Massy-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
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[19]Ashfield, New South Wales"Gem" BalloonJ.T. Williams
18901890-02-08Parachute descent by a woman[20]Newcastle, New South Wales"Australia" BalloonValerie Freitas (as "Valerie Van Tassell")
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
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

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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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