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Major project for 2026: Williams flight centenary activities

Curtain up on the Pacific Flight centenary 1928

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Major project for 2026: Williams flight centenary activities

Thanks to the input of several people, notably Monica Walsh of Point Cook RAAF Museum, airmail philately guru Martin Walker, the Canberra Philatelic Society and Michel Smith, a preliminary record book has been completed and can be copied as a booklet or file from the Publications section .The booklet is being circulated widely and any commemorative activities that we hear of will be featured on this website.

Meanwhile the work area is still current. If you want to dig deeper, go to the current projects files here. And, of course, more information is welcome!

Finalising the Lebbeus Hordern project

thanks for all the input on this amazing character. The completed publication can be downloaded from here.

I’d be interested particularly in any local memories of the coastal expedition of 1923. The detail in the Trove collection of Daily Mail articles is, if anything, too much!

General gossip and future plans

RAAF Supermarine Southamptons

It has been suggested that we collect information on the RAAF Supermarine Southampton flying boats with a view to marking their 100 years. The best source is adf serials, but additional information would be greatly appreciated!

Curtain up on the Pacific Flight centenary 1928

The next interesting around Australia flight is Smith and Ulm, with Hitchcock as mechanic in June 1927. 10-day, 5-hour circumnavigation of Australia in a Bristol Tourer biplane. This 11,585-kilometre flight, which began in Sydney, beat the previous record by 12 days, and its main purpose was to raise money and arouse interest in the Pacific flight project of 1928, which will involve great celebrations!