Wonders of Modern Aircraft - Card 17 - Bert Hinkler


Fun factoid: In April, 1912 pilot Bert Hinkler rebuilt a flimsy glider he had hand crafted the year before, and with an ironing board serving as his cockpit took to the air.

More about Bert Hinkler:
Wikipedia : Bert Hinkler
Hinkler Memorial Museum
Australian Dictionary of Biography : Hinkler, Herbert John Louis (Bert) (1892–1933)

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