State Library of NSW:
Amy Johnson motorcade in Sydney, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood
State Library of NSW:
Mr C. J. Melrose beside his plane at Mildenhall Aerodrome before the start of the MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia, 1934; this is one of the first three photographs digitally transmitted by radio, in the world
State Library of NSW:
Faith in Australia on the beach at Murawai [Muriwai] ready for take-off with First Official Airmail from N.Z. to Australia, 17 Feb 1934
State Library of NSW:
Maurice Guillaux and his Bleriot XI monoplane after the first mail and cargo flight Melbourne-Sydney, 18 July 1914 / photographed by A. J. Perier
State Library of NSW:
Amy Johnson & friends, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood
State Library of NSW:
Royal Mail DC-2 "Bungana" VH-USY of Holyman's Airways, ca. 1936 / photographed by Sam Hood
State Library of NSW:
William Hart, Ascot Racecourse, 15 June 1912
State Library of NSW:
Sgt. Bennett, mechanic ; Keith Smith ; Ross Smith ; Sgt. Shiers, mechanic (left to right), on Sydney Town Hall steps after first UK-Australia flight, 14 Feb 1920
State Library of NSW:
Arrival of first aerial mail in Brisbane on De Havilland DH 61 Giant Moth, April 23rd 1929, P. H. Moody, Pilot
State Library of NSW:
DH 88 Comet "Grosvenor House" G-ACSS moved into Martin Place to a spot near the Sun-Telegraph Building, Elizabeth Street, for public display (adults 1s, children 3d)
State Library of NSW:
W.E. Hart in his Boxkite biplane, 1911 / photographed by J. L. Turner
State Library of NSW:
Bert Hinkler with his wife & mother, 1927-1931
State Library of NSW:
Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm, on landing after the first trans-Pacific flight, Mascot, 10 June 1928
State Library of NSW:
Lawrence Hargrave and James Swaine with the kites and other gear used in the kite-lift experiment at Stanwell Park beach, 12 November 1894 / photographed by C. Bayliss
State Library of NSW:
Woman war worker, 1944 / Rob Hillier
State Library of NSW:
Qantas flying boat 'Coolangatta', Rose Bay, Sydney, 20 June 1936 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW:
Qantas flying boat 'Coolangatta', Rose Bay, Sydney, 20 June 1936 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW:
ANA DC-3 "Kurana" VH-UZK over Melbourne, c. 1940s, by unknown photographer
State Library of NSW:
Pilot in De Havilland DH-60M Moth VH-UOZ, Mascot, Sydney, 1934 / photographer Sam Hood
State Library of NSW:
Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction, 1930, with two aeroplanes, Charles Ulm's "Southern Sun" & a Gypsy Moth / photomontage by Edward Searl
State Library of NSW:
Houdini airborne in his Voisin at Diggers Rest, 1910, by Marcel Poupe
State Library of NSW:
VH-UVU Tugan LJW.7 Gannet, Wilcannia, NSW, between 1935-1937 / photographer Reverend Edward ("Ted") Alexander Roberts
State Library of NSW:
RAAF Lockheed Hudsons, before 19 February 1942, by Sam Hood
State Library of NSW:
Charles Kingsford-Smith with his Mother and Father, 1928, photographer unknown
State Library of NSW:
Crew checking fuselage; First England-Australia flight, Keith and Ross Smith, 1919 - Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia / photographer unknown
State Library of NSW:
Plane crash Katherine River, 22 January 1939
State Library of NSW:
Australian National Airways Limited (A.N.A.) hanger completed, Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, Sydney, 1929 - 1931
State Library of NSW:
Portrait of aviator John Robertson Duigan, Bendigo, Victoria 1911
State Library of NSW:
Portrait of aviator Jean Batten, Sydney, 30 May 1934