Showing posts with label wonders of modern aircraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wonders of modern aircraft. Show all posts

Wonders of Modern Aircraft - Card 44 - James Mollison


Fun Facts: During one of his commercial flights, he met the equally famous aviatrix Amy Johnson, whom he proposed to only eight hours after meeting her, and while still in the air. Johnson accepted; they married on July 1932, and she went off to break her husband's England to South Africa record. They were dubbed The Flying Sweethearts by the press and public.

Read more about James Mollison on Wikipedia


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)