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Showing posts with label aviator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aviator. Show all posts

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Sir Hudson Fysh

Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh (7 January 1895 – 6 April 1974) was an Australian aviator and businessman. A founder of the Australian airline company Qantas, Fysh was born in Launceston, Tasmania. Serving in the Battle of Gallipoli and Palestine Campaignas a lieutenant of the Australian Light Horse Brigade, Fysh later became an observer and gunner to Paul McGinness in the AFC. He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross during the aftermath of the war for his services to aerial warfare. circa 1935
Source: State Library New South Wales |  Wikimedia Commons

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Charles Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim", "Lucky Lindy", and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Anne Lindbergh

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh), aviator, getting into cockpit of airplane after stopover in Warsaw on the way to Moscow with her husband.| vintage
 Anne Morrow Lindbergh (née Anne Spencer Morrow; June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was an American author, aviator, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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