Word: hinkler
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hinkler Hailed...
...world's flyers who did enterprising work last year, the International Aeronautic Federation, meeting at Copenhagen last week, chose Bert Hinkler as having accomplished 1928's greatest aeronautical achievement. He flew alone from England to Australia in 15 days, 12 hrs. (TIME, March 5, 1928). His reward: a gold medal like the ones the Federation has awarded in prior years to Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Commander Francesco de Pinedo, Sir Alan J. Cobham...
...were 5,538 miles of the vast Pacific. Before them lay "Aussie"*and safety and, for two of them, secure places in the list of illustrious Australian airmen. They thought of Wilkins, warming his hands after spanning the roof of the world (TIME, April 30); they thought of Bert Hinkler, lone voyager in an incredibly tiny plane (TIME, March 5); they thought back to Sir Ross Smith, pioneer of Australian aviation, who had flown 11,500 miles from England to Australia in 1919. A short hop of 1,795 miles, and they, too, would bring new honors to "Aussie," land...
...Robert Stevenson Home, a Director of the Suez Canal Co., of Lloyd's Bank, and of the Great Western Railway Co. During 1921-22 Sir Robert became the "complete financier" by achieving the office of British Chancellor of the Exchequer. Last week he boldly said that Airman Hinklers flight constitutes "the greatest single achievement in the history of aviation." He added that Airman Hinkler has "outclassed" Airman Lindbergh...
...small plane taxied right up to the fence of the home at Bundaberg, Australia, last week. Flyer Harold (Bert) Hinkler stepped stiffly out and kissed his mother waiting there. That was the goal of his record-breaking solo flight from Croyden, England, to the Antipodes...