Person
Hinkler, Herbert John Louis (1892 - 1933)
- Born
- 8 December 1892
Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 7 January 1933
Italy - Occupation
- Aviator and Inventor
Summary
Herbert Hinkler, an Australian aviator, flew from London to Darwin in just over 15 days (1928). The previous record for the flight was 28 days and he was the first person to make the trip solo.
Details
Born Bundaberg, Queensland, 8 December 1892. Died Italy, 7 January 1933. DSM 1917. Built his first glider 1911 and his second glider 1911-12; worked his passage to England 1913-14; Sopwith Company 1914; Royal Naval Air Service as observer/air gunner 1914-17; war service as pilot 1918; A.R. Roe & Co. 1919; flew London to Turin non-stop 1920; long distance record breaking flight from Sydney to Bundaberg 1921; test pilot, A.V. Roe & Co. 1921-26; tested autogyros for Don Juan la Cierva 1927; pioneering solo flight from England to Australia 1928; flight from Canada to England via South Atlantic in Puss Moth 1931; died on flight from England to Australia 1933. Royal Geographical Society of Australia Medal 1928; Air Force Cross (AFC) 1928; numerous other awards.
Archival resources
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
- Herbert John Louis Hinkler - Records, 1909 - 1932, OM68-24; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Herbert John Louis Hinkler - Records, 1928, MS 347; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Books
- Kieza, Grantlee, Bert Hinkler: the Most Daring Man in the World Sydney (Sydney: HarperCollins Publisher, 2012), 473 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Wixted, E. P., 'Hinkler, Herbert John Louis (Bert) (1892-1933)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 305-307. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090312b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q827380. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/60750239. Details
- 'Hinkler, Herbert John (1892-1933)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464973. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_h.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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