In this image from the State Library of Queensland, crowds come to see the Avro Avian in Brisbane shortly after Australian aviator Bert Hinkler made the first solo flight in it from Britain to Australia in 1928.
Photo courtesy State Library of Queensland, Australia
Matt Hale
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