South Australia - Transport
"Milestones by Road and Rail" is discussed in the Advertiser, 1 September 1936 (special edition), page 38.
- Aeroplanes
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Aeroplanes
Also see Parafield and Hendon.For further information on gliding see under Sport - Miscellany.
"Aerial Carriages" is in the Observer,
29 July 1843, page 7a,
27 July 1844, page 5c.
"A French Flying Machine" is in the Observer,
20 November 1858, page 1d (supp.).
A report of a promised appearance of a flying machine is reported in the Express,
31 March 1879, page 2c.
"Aerial Navigation" is in the Observer,
1 July 1871, page 12b,
"An Aid to Aerial Navigation" on
9 September 1893, page 34c,
"Aerial Navigation - Proposals of SA Inventors" in the Chronicle,
2 September 1893, page 22f.
"A New Flying Machine" is in the Observer,
10 September 1892, page 41e,
"Evolution of the Modern Aeroplane" on 12 and 19 June 1909, pages 47a and 51d.
An editorial on "Sky Travelling" is in the Advertiser, 30 March 1894, page 4f:
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The novel craft, it is said, imitates the bird in having huge wings of white cloth, 50 feet by 50, at the top, stretched upon light but very strong black steel rods...
20 October 1894, page 34c,
"Airships" on
14 July 1900, page 33a,
"The Air Ship" in the Advertiser,
21 December 1894, page 6i,
"Local Aviation - Attempts Thirty Years Ago" on
17 April 1931, page 7f.
"How SA's First Pilot Flew" is in The News,
16 April 1931, page 8e.
"Flying Machines" is in the Register,
4 January 1895, page 4g.
"Balloons and Flying Machines" is in the Observer,
26 June 1897, page 34a,
"A New Flying Machine" on
30 April 1898, page 34a,
Express,
1 October 1898, page 5e,
"Successful Aerial Navigation" in the Observer,
30 November 1901, page 5c,
"Will Airships Ever be Practicable?" on
23 August 1902, page 4d.
"A Flying Machine - Attempt 29 Years Ago - Mr F.G. Ayre's Invention" is in the Advertiser,
1 March 1929, page 26c.
"Balloon to Aeroplane - Aviation in This State" is in The Mail,
21 August 1926, page 2e,
11 September 1926, page 17c.
Voyaging in the Air" is in the Register,
22 July 1901, page 4d.
"The Chances of Flight - What an Expert Says" is in the Express,
5 May 1906, page 5g.
"How Soon Shall We Fly?" is in the Observer,
29 December 1906, page 44d.
"Flying Machines" is in the Register,
11 February 1907, page 4b,
"Flying" on
23 September 1908, page 6d,
"Aviation in Adelaide - Inventors at Work"is in the Register,
20 and 23 October 1909, pages 7c and 12h;
also see 23 and 26 October 1909, pages 12h and 7a,
9 and 19 November 1909, pages 8h and 3e,
4 and 13 December 1909, pages 12e and 6h,
Observer,
12 June 1909, page 47a.
"Monoplane to Be Brought to SA" is in the Chronicle,
2 October 1909, page 30.
"Evolution of the Modern Aeroplane" is in the Observer,
12 June 1909, page 47a,
"Monoplane to Be Brought to SA" is in the Chronicle,
2 October 1909, page 30.
"Conquering the Air - Proposed League for Adelaide" is in the Express,
19 October 1909, page 1g.
Aeroplanist in Adelaide" is in the Observer,
30 October 1909, page 45b.
A photograph of Mr G. Richardson and "a flying machine invented and constructed" by him is in the Chronicle,
20 November 1909, page 31,
of Mr J.A. Shearer's in the Observer,
30 October 1909, page 32,
of Adelaide's first aeroplane on
19 February 1910, page 30.
"Conquering the Air - Proposed League for Adelaide" is in the Advertiser,
19 October 1909, page 9d,
6 November 1909, page 9e.
"Our First Aeroplane" is in the Register,
10 February 1910, page 5c,
"Learning to Fly" on
14 March 1910, page 7d,
"Flying Machines and Spectators" on
25 July 1910, pages 4d-5a; also see
6 August 1910, page 12f and Cheltenham.
A monoplane flight at Bolivar is reported in the Advertiser,
22 March 1910, page 8e.
Aviation notes are in the Observer,
26 March 1910, page 18a,
30 April 1910, page 17c,
9 and 23 July 1910, pages 19e and 18b.
"Burned Aeroplane - The Currie Street Fire" is in the Register,
25 May 1910, page 9b.
"Birdman in Adelaide" is in the Register,
19 and 25 July 1910, pages 9a and 5a.
"Maimed by an Aeroplane" is in the Observer,
30 July 1910, page 43a.
"Aviation Dangers" is in the Register,
24 May 1911, page 4d.
"Building an Aeroplane [in Adelaide]" is in the Register,
12 August 1911, page 12h.
"Ready for Flight - The Antarctic Monoplane" is in the Register,
4, 5, 6 and 9 October 1911, pages 6i, 6i, 6c-7c and 8b.
A photograph of "Aeronautics Near Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
24 February 1912, page 30.
"Trip Over Adelaide - Aviator's Plans" is in the Register,
19 and 29 December 1913, pages 7d and 6g,
"The Aeroplane" in the Advertiser,
30 December 1913, page 6c.
"First Adelaide Lady Flier" is in the Register,
1 January 1914, page 5c;
also see 9 January 1914, page 7b.
"Aeroplane Smash - Flight Over Adelaide" is in the Express,
2 January 1914, page 1g.
Information on and photographs of "Flying Near Adelaide" are in the Chronicle,
3, 10 and 17 January 1914, pages 17c-30, 31 and 44b.
"Aviation in Adelaide - A Lady's Flight" is in the Chronicle,
3 January 1914, page 39d.
"An Adelaide Aviator [A.B. Cox]" is in the Register,
10 June 1914, page 6e.
"The Birdman [Maurice Guillart] - Wonderful Flight Over Adelaide" is in the Register,
20 and 22 June 1914, pages 15a and 9a,
photographs of "The Flying Frenchman at Cheltenham" are in the Chronicle,
27 June 1914, page 30,
Advertiser,
22 June 1914, page 14c
"Aviation"is in the Advertiser,
22 June 1914, page 14c.
"Aeroplanes and Australian Defence" is in the Register,
13 June 1914, page 18f.
"Aeroplane Flight - Victorian Aviators' Triumph" is in the Register,
29 October 1917, page 6f.
Photographs are in The Critic,
31 October 1917, page 12.
"Aerial Mails" is in the Register,
9 September 1918, page 6d.
"Commercial Aviation" is in the Register,
27 September 1919, page 8c.
"Aerial Liners" is in the Advertiser,
16 January 1919, page 4e,
1 March 1919, page 8f.
"To England by Air" is in the Register,
28 November 1918, pages 4d-5a,
"Science of Aviation - Born in Australia" on
18 April 1919, page 5c.
"An Interstate Aircraft Service" is in the Register,
2 April 1919, page 7a,
Observer,
5 April 1919, page 21a.
Cartoons of Harry Butler are in The Critic,
13 August 1919, page 3;
an obituary of Captain Harry Butler is in the Register,
31 July 1924, page 7a,
1 August 1924, page 10c.
"Flight to Minlaton - Captain Butler Crosses the Gulf" is in the Advertiser,
7 August 1919, page 7e,
"Minlaton Aeroplane Smash" in the Observer,
14 January 1922, page 30b.
"Commercial Aviation - Captain Butler's Enterprise" is in the Express,
29 October 1919, page 2e.
Also see
Hendon and
Minlaton.
"The First Aerial Post" is in the Register,
8 August 1919, page 6h.
"Aviation in South Australia" is in the Register,
22 August 1919, page 6f.
"Going Up - Adelaide From Above" is in the Register,
30 October 1919, page 7e.
"Joys of the Air - Wonderful Flight Over Adelaide" is in The Mail,
1 November 1919, page 2g.
"Ladies' Aviation Day is in the Register,
8 January 1920, page 7c.
"World Flight Ended - The Smith's Tumultuous Homecoming" is in the Register,
24 March 1920, page 9a;
also see 3 April 1920, page 6d.
Also see under Adelaide - Statues
"Melbourne to Adelaide by Air" is in the Register,
24 and 25 June 1920, pages 6h and 5e,
"Record Flight - Melbourne to Adelaide in Five Hours" on 16 August 1920, page 5b,
"Record Aerial Flight [Melbourne to Adelaide]" on 24 September 1920, page 6f;
also see the Chronicle,
27 March 1937, page 1e.
"Long Aerial Trip [by C.J. DeGaris]" is in theObserver,
3 July 1920, page 45b.
"Commercial Aviation - Danger of Unlicensed Traffic" is in the Register,
28 July 1920, page 7b.
"Commercial Aviation" is in the Advertiser,
6 June 1921, page 6f,
Observer,
3 March 1923, page 52.
"Unfortunate Aviators" is in the Register,
20 August 1920, pages 4f-5f.
"The Aerial Race" is in the Register,
9 September 1920, page 8b.
"Overland Flights [to Melbourne and River Murray Settlements]" is in the Register,
18 December 1920, page 8f.
"Aviation and Apathy" is in the Register,
3 June 1921, page 6f.
"Aerial Survey Work - Francis Birtle's Plans" is in the Register,
28 September 1921, page 7a,
22 and 24 October 1921, pages 7f and 7b,
"Inland by Air - Mr Birtle's Trip" is in the Chronicle,
29 October 1921, page 39c.
"By 'Plane to Alice Springs" is in the Observer,
29 October 1921, pages 23 (photo.)-31c.
"Across Australia - In the Air [Francis Birtles]" is in the Register,
4, 8 and 10 February 1922, pages 10a, 8e and 8e.
Biographical details of Mr Birtles are in the Register,
16 March 1928, page 13b.
Proposed air services from Adelaide to Sydney and Brisbane are discussed in the Advertiser,
5 July 1922, page 8g,
9 September 1922, page 13e;
for their commencement see
31 May 1924, page 13d,
2 and 3 June 1924, pages 8g and 13a.
Photographs and other information are in the Chronicle,
7 and 14 June 1924, pages 37-50 and 55.
"Commercial Aviation - Development Urged" is in the Register,
3 February 1923, page 13d,
"The Family Flying Machine" on
19 June 1923, page 8d.
"Aviation in Australia" is in the Advertiser,
7 July 1923, page 14d.
"A Flying Boat Service - Adelaide to Port Lincoln" is in the Advertiser,
23 and 26 July 1923, pages 13a and 9b.
"Port Lincoln Service Ready in Three Weeks" is in The Mail,
11 August 1923, page 3g.
"Development of Aviation [in Adelaide]" is in the Observer,
15 September 1923, page 44a.
"The Air Age - An Australian and His Work" is in the Advertiser,
29 December 1923, page 13c,
"Aviation Progress" on
26 November 1924, page 8g.
"Adelaide to Sydney - Trip in a Biplane" is in the Register,
25 June 1925, page 10c.
"First Woman Aviator" is in The News,
2 September 1925, page 1a.
"Conquering 'Planes - How the Service Works" is in the Register,
11 September 1925, page 21f.
"Aerial Ambulances" is in the Register,
18 September 1925, page 8f.
"Aeroplane Forced Down - Excitement at Dudley Park" is in the Register,
17 February 1926, page 9d.
"New Aerial Services - Linking Up With Darwin" is in the Register,
6 July 1926, page 11e.
"Air Service to Darwin" is in the Advertiser,
17 and 26 February 1937, pages 23c and 16e;
also see The Mail,
13 February 1937, page 2c.
"Aero Club to be Formed" is in the Advertiser,
24 August 1926, page 15e,
Register,
30 August 1926, page 5g, 3 and 6 September 1926, pages 13g and 6d; also see
2 and 28 September 1927, pages 8f and 23c,5 November 1927, pages 8d-10 and
Advertiser,
12 and 28 November 1927, pages 20e and 16c.
The formation of the Australian Aero Club (SA Branch) is reported in the Observer,
4 September 1926, page 60d.
The opening of the Australian Aero Club is reported in The News,
17 and 21 November 1927, pages 16d and 9d.
"New Aerial Service - Adelaide to Broken Hill" is in The News,
2 November 1926, page 6c.
"First Private Flight from Sydney to Adelaide [S.& L. Tyler]" is in the Register,
28 January 1927, page 9h.
"Aviation in South Australia" is in the Register,
2 February 1927, page 4e,
"Aviation in Australia" on 19 April 1927, page 10a.
"Aerial Trips for Tourists" is in the Observer,
16 April 1927, page 16b,
"Aviation in Australia" on
12 March 1927, page 45e.
"Empire Airship Service - Australian Flight Possible in 1930" is in the Register,
26 and 27 July 1927, pages 10a and 11c.
"Anglo-Australian Aviation" is in the Advertiser,
27 July 1927, page 8f,
"Aerial Transport" on
24 August 1927, page 8f.
The opening of the Australian Aero Club is reported in The News,
17 and 21 November 1927, pages 16d and 9d.
"Great Aerial Pageant" is in the Observer,
3 December 1927, page 43;
photographs are in the Chronicle,
3 December 1927, page 39.
"Aviation" is in the Register,
25 and 26 November 1927, pages 8d-10a and 7d.
"An Aeroplane Nose-dived - At Parafield Aerodrome" is in the Register,
12, 13 and 15 March 1928, pages 9g, 9e and 11a.
"The Aeroplane Smash" is in the Advertiser,
13 March 1928, page 13c.
"Big 'Plane From Melbourne" is in the Observer,
17 March 1928, page 22c.
"Hinkler's Landing at Morphetville" is in the Register,
16 April 1928, pages 9f-10.
"Aerial Mail to Renmark" is in the Register,
16 April 1928, page 10.
"Air Service to Mount Gambier" is in the Register,
18 April 1928, pages 9a-10.
"Aviation and the West Coast" is in the Advertiser,
20 June 1928, page 20h,
"The Aeroplane Smash" on
13 March 1928, page 13c.
"Perth to Adelaide - Major de Havilland's Flight" is in the Observer,
5 March 1927, page 7c.
"Adelaide - Perth Air Service" is in the Advertiser,
7 April 1928, page 13a,
11 July 1928, page 12h,
Observer,
23 June 1928, page 51a,
14 July 1928, page 46a,
"By Air From the West - 1,450 Miles in 14 Hours" in the Advertiser,
30 May 1929, page 9e; also see
1 and 3 June 1929, pages 12i and 9h.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
6 June 1929, pages 36-37.
The arrival of British seaplanes is discussed in the Register,
23 June 1928, page 15.
Photographs of seaplanes on the Port River are in the Observer,
30 June 1928, page 19.
A model aeroplane building contest is reported in the Advertiser,
27 August 1928, page 18g.
"Aeroplane Crashes in Adelaide Hills - Forced Landing at Uraidla" is in the Advertiser,
25 August 1928, page 13d,
"Crash at Golden Grove" in the Observer,
8 September 1928, page 34a.
"To Kangaroo Island by Air" is in the Observer,
5 January 1929, page 22a; also see
Chronicle,
30 May 1929, page 25.
"Securing Trade by Aeroplane" is in the Register,
14 and 16 July 1928, pages 14e and 10 (photo.).
"Our Aerial Progress" is in the Register,
15 August 1928, page 11d.
"Aviation Instructor - J.A. Mollison" is in The News,
15 November 1928, page 24d; also see
30 March 1932, page 6d,
10 May 1932, page 1a,
24 June 1932, page 1h,
20 July 1932, page 6h,
25 July 1933, page 4e,
9 August 1934, page 4f,
22 October 1936, page 10c.
"East-West Air Mail" is in the Register,
25 and 30 May 1929, pages 6c and 3a.
"Adelaide's Air Week" is in the Register,
31 May 1929, page 7c,
1 June 1929, page 3b.
Information on country aerodromes is in The Mail,
1 June 1929, page 23a; also see
The News,
13 June 1929, page 19b.
"Building of Aeroplanes" is in the Advertiser,
25 June 1929, page 10d.
"Young Adelaide Pilot Killed [Leslie Birks]" is in the Register,
15 July 1929, page 3a.
"First Woman to Speak from the Air [Mrs Henry Kauper]" is in the Observer,
31 August 1929, page 53b.
"Protest Against Sunday Flying" is in theRegister,
31 August 1929, page 3d.
Also see Breaking the Sabbath.
An East-West air race is reported in the Observer,
28 September 1929, page 20d,
12 October 1929, pages 33 (photographs)-61.
Photographs of a trans-continental air race are in the Observer,
12 October 1929, page 33.
The formation of a gliding club is reported in The Mail,
16 November 1929, page 2d; also see
14 September 1935, page 12c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
28 August 1930, page 34,
Chronicle,
19 February 1931, page 37.
For further information on gliding see under Sport - Miscellany.
"Direct Air Service to Melbourne" is in the Register,
7 February 1930, page 2b.
"Australia's Growing Air Sense" is in the Advertiser,
7 March 1930, page 18e,
"To Melbourne by Air - New Service Begins" on
15 March 1930, page 19i.
"Girl Who Will Jump From 'Plane [Muriel Gebert]" is in the Observer,
20 March 1930, page 48c,
Register,
21 March 1930, page 3c.
An aerial pageant is reported upon in the Register,
24 and 25 March 1930, pages 2a and 11d.
"SA's First Aerial Wedding" is in the The News,
16 August 1930, page 3d,
Observer,
21 August 1930, page 52d.
A marriage ceremony in an aeroplane "high above Adelaide" is reported in The News,
16 August 1930, page 3d.
"Progress of Aviation" is in The News,
22 March 1930, page 4c.
A photograph of South Australian airmen is in the Chronicle,
29 May 1930, page 37.
Information on and photographs of Amy Johnson's visit are in the Chronicle,
3 July 1930, pages 36-37 and 47,
"Kingsford Smith Pauses in Adelaide" appears on
24 September 1931, page 45.
A report of an aeroplane "plunging into the sea" is in the Chronicle,
27 November 1930, page 46a.
"How Aviation Has Grown" is in The News,
23 October 1931, page 11d.
"Our Rapid Progress in the Air" is in The Mail,
6 July 1935, page 4.
"Aerodrome Close to the City is Essential" is in The News,
9 July 1935, page 4g,
13 November 1935, page 6c.
"Adelaide's Airport" is in the Advertiser,
15 November 1935, page 22g,
"Busy Airport at Parafield" on
13 July 1936, page 16d.
"Plans for City Airport" is in The News,
13 and 24 April 1937, pages 1e and 1e,
1 April 1937, page 10 (cartoon).
Also see Parafield.
"100 SA Girls Seek Air Hostess Career" is in the Advertiser,
22 January 1937, page 14d.
"Adelaide an Air Centre" is in the Advertiser,
1, 2, 3 and 8 April 1937, pages 16c, 25d, 23e and 16d.
"Royal Aero Club Instruction" is in the Advertiser,
12, 13 and 22 April 1937, pages 20b, 18b and 20f.
"Night Flying" is in the Advertiser,
1 June 1937, page 18d.
A mail plane wreck at Mount Gambier is reported upon in the Advertiser,
1 July 1937, page 23c.
"Pengana's Record Flight [from Perth]" is in the Advertiser,
17 July 1937, page 24a.
"Air Travel to Sydney" is in the Advertiser,
3 August 1937, page 22g.
"To Brisbane in One Day" is in the Advertiser,
5 and 14 August 1937, pages 20b and 24d.
Also see 15 November 1937, page 20a.
"Flying Recognised Sport for Women" is in the Advertiser,
20 August 1937, page 10c.
"Winners of Air Scholarships" is in the Advertiser,
23 August 1937, page 17g.
"New Air Services" is in the Advertiser,
21 and 31 August 1937, pages 30c and 19d.
"Air Mail" is in The News,
2 and 30 April 1937, pages 4g and 1a,
"South Australia and the Air Mail" is in the Advertiser,
31 August 1937, page 18c-e.
"Adelaide Air Raid Squad" is in the Advertiser,
24 September 1937, page 30b,
"Air Raid Protection" in The News,
30 October 1937, page 5g.
"The Limit to Speed in the Air" is in the Advertiser,
25 September 1937, page 22e.
"Life of Ease in Mid-Air" is in The Mail,
4 September 1937, page 4d.
Information on a model plane association is in The News,
19 April 1937, page 4g.
"Australian History Made in Adelaide Today" is in The News,
28 July 1937, page 3.
