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AUSTRALIAN SPORTS LINKS
Air Sports
On 18 March 1910 Harry Houdini while visiting Australia made the first controlled, powered flight of an airplane in Australia. He flew in a Voisin bi-plane at Digger's Rest, Victoria. In case you're wondering, no, it's not the famous escape artist Harry Houdini.
However, first powered, controlled flight of an all Australian designed and built aeroplane was by Australian aviation pioneer John Robertson Duigan. It was on 16 July 1910 that he flew a short seven metre flight at his family's property 'Spring Plains' at Mia Mia, near Kyneton, Victoria. It may not have been far, but it was good enough to get into the record books.
See also on our website
Sports for Athletes with a Disability
Australian Weather Links
Australian Aviation
Ballooning
Associations and Clubs
Skydiving
Gliding, Hang Gliding
& Paragliding
- Gliding Federation of Australia
- Hang Gliding Federation of Australia
- Australian Gliding Records
- Ferries-McDonald Technical Gliding Library
- VIC - Hang Gliding and Paragliding Assoc
- Australian Soaring
Safety
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
- Aviation Safety Foundation Australia (ASFA)
- Australian Airspace Reform - government site
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