Landing of Parer and McIntosh, entrants in the 1919 air race. The last to depart was the only other entry to actually make it to Australia - Airco DH9 G-EAQM P.D. under the command of Lieutenant Ray ...
First plane to fly from south to north. Flown by pilot Capt. Henry Wrigley and Sgt. Arthur Murphy. Aircraft is a BE2e, B-6183. Shows biplane with crowd nearby. Wrigley flew the plane to Darwin as par...
Mrs. H. "Lores" Bonney, D H Moth. Shows Mrs. Bonney on wing of plane. The aircraft is a DH60 gipsy moth VH-UPV "my little ship" departed Darwin 15 April 1933 arrived Croydon UK 21 June 1933. First wo...
Arrival of Amy Johnson, Darwin. First woman to fly solo between England and Australia. Aircraft was a DH60G G-AAAH "Jason" departed Croydon UK 5 May 1930. Shows plane at landing ground; crowd surroun...
Vickers Vimy aircraft with crew seated in it. L-R: Keith Smith; Wally Shiers; Ross Smith; J.M. Bennett. First aeroplane to fly from England to Australia, 1919. Taken from rear of plane.
Photos from The Queenslander, June 5 1930, page 28, titled ' The goal reached - Miss Amy Johnson's arrival at Darwin.' Captions read L-R from the top: 'The moth just settling down on the Fannie Bay A...
Arrival of Amy Johnson, Darwin. First woman to fly solo between England and Australia. Aircraft was a DH60G G-AAAH "Jason" departed Croydon UK 5 May 1930. Shows Johnson emerging from cockpit - dresse...
Arrival of Dick Smith at Parap (during round the world helicopter trip). Two old DCA houses visible at top right, old hangar at bottom left - Parap Road at top left.