Today, a newspaper article from the Adelaide Mail 100 years ago, dealing with Guillaux’ visit to Adelaide.

This was a fairly typical ‘show’ – a first flight close to the airfield that was usually a racecourse, then a longer flight with some more close-in aerobatics to conclude. This is a long article, probably better read on the screen than printed (the bulletin is 8 pages). The article comes from the wonderful NLA Trove collection.

Phil Dulhunty sent in this comment on the Aero 145:

The Czech aircraft industry "Omnipol" was represented in Australia by Dulmison Aircraft and Kingsford Smith Flying School (Peter and Phil Brown) were the Sydney agents for Dulmison – Not Fawcett. I was the CEO of Dulmison Aircraft and one of the pilots who ferried the Aero 145’s to Bankstown. We also imported the Meta Sokols, the Zlin and Morava plus the Blanik sailplane. All this was before Australia had any US dollars so there were no Cessnas, Pipers or Beechcraft.　 Brian Lewis of Mittagong has done a fantastic restoration job on VH-DUH (all Czech aircraft had Aust Reg Nos. VH-DUA,　B,　C, etc.

The whole story is in my autobiography "Never a Dull Moment". Regards, Phil Dulhunty

Chris Byrne, the pilot, is working on the Aero to make sure it is in top condition for the mail run, Mittagong to Bankstown. A problem with this aircraft is that it does not respond well to crosswind takeoffs, so we hope for a calm day.

Sy Alsepp has indicated that his de Havilland Beaver VH-SYS will be also flying the Mittagong-Bankstown leg. The Beaver is a rugged, Canadian-built aircraft made from 1947 to 1967. One of the users of the Beaver in Australia was the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority, whose two aircraft were a great boon to communication around this vast project. The picture shows the famous VH-SMA, a well-known aircraft to workers on the ‘Snowy’ from about 1955 to 1963.