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First Australian flight
George A. Taylor makes the first 'heavier than air' flight in Australia. 29 flights in total were made in 10-15 knot winds. -
First Controlled Flight
Ehrich Weiss, also known as Harry Houdini, conducts the first controlled flight at Diggers Rest, Victoria. He made three flights and later made another two flights in Sydney. -
First Australian-made Aircraft is Constructed
John Duigan designs and builds the first Australian aircraft to fly, based on a Farman biplane and powered by a four cylinder engine. By 1911 he had flown 60 times as far as 800m and at 20m altitude. -
Steam driven Aircraft
L.R.J. (Jack) Jones built his first engine in 1907 and his first aircraft in 1909 with a steam turbine as a power plant. In 1911, Jones transported a new steam driven machine to Penrith where it lifted off and crashed. Jones later constructed Australia's first metal plane, the Wonga, in 1930. -
First Aircraft Passenger
Frank Coles became Australias first aircraft passenger when Joseph Hammond took his mechanioc aloft.One month later, a Melbourne business man became Australia's first paying passenger when he made a 19km flight with Hammond. After purchasing one of Hammonds Boxkites, Parramatta dentist William Hart became Australia's first qualified pilot in November 1911. -
First Airmail Delivered
Frenchman Maurice Guillaux carried the first airmail from Melbourne to Sydney which was, at the time, the longest airmail delivery in the world. -
Loop-the-Loop
Maurice Guillaux arrived in Sydney with a Bleriot aeroplane making several flights, including the first "loop-the-loop" -
Hydro-aeroplanes
Lebbeus Hordern imported two hydro-aeroplanes, a Maurice Farman and a Curtiss, employing Maurice Guillaux to teach him how to fly. Guillaux then set a new altitude record for water planes (3150m)