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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001161b.htm person Hinkler Herbert John Louis AACR2 8 December 1892 7 January 1933 Place of Birth Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Italy Aviator Inventor 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.

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.

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 'Hinkler, Herbert John Louis', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hinkler, Herbert John Louis Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Hinkler, Herbert John Louis (Bert) (1892-1933), aviator Wixted, E. P. Hinkler, Herbert John Louis (Bert) (1892-1933), aviator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 305-307 Book: Bert Hinkler: the Most Daring Man in the World Sydney Kieza, Grantlee Bert Hinkler: the Most Daring Man in the World Sydney Sydney HarperCollins Publisher 2012 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Herbert John Louis Hinkler - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Herbert John Louis Hinkler - Records OM68-24 1909 - 1932 Correspondence 1915-29; patent specifications for various inventions regarding flying machines; certificates 1914-19; press cuttings; overall dates c1909-32 [5 envelopes, OM68-28]. 5 envelopes Herbert John Louis Hinkler - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Herbert John Louis Hinkler - Records MS 347 1928 Log book of flight from England to Australia together with certificate of airworthiness and letters patent for an improved undercarriage for aircraft 1928 [68 pages, MS 347]. 68 pages