The day before Houdini claims he made the first human flight out at Diggers Rest.
In South Australia mechanic Fred Custance flew for over 5 minutes continuous for three circuits of area. According to Nancy Bird Walton, who was an early pioneer, Australias first female pilot - tuition with Charles kingford Smith
Nancy Bird was born in Sydney in 1915. When she was four she attempted to launch herself off the backyard fence after hearing news about the Great England-Australia Race.
Took her to doing air flight customers 10 shillings a flight, started at Tamworth, Shell road map, follow fences and rivers, landmark language, barnstorming for a living, Dubbo, 200 a year for farmers and workers around nowhere, had to learn spinnin.
Also: http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/nancy_bird_walton_bio.html
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Anonymous
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I took my first flight tonight It was majestic overload like a fantabulous heart ache somewhat like a burp gun fart attack rat a tat rat a tatat atack belch first flight rocket ship launch if only I could have pressed it back hard enough on my missus volumous thigh like my friend who told me he got a blurt from farting on his missus leg |
Ricardovitz
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fust I jist has ter figure how to grow a new thang. Caint be hard - jes like growin' corn - yer jes plants a seed an a noo thang grows where the old one fell off. I aint learned any schoolin, I jes mouthed off at the police. I wuz always a 'causin trouble everywhere. |
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