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The White Hat Guide to Flight in Australia

Close to the monument shown below the brothers John and Robert Duigan built an aeroplane on their father's property in central Victoria called Spring Plains. On 16 July 1910, John Robertson Duigan created history in this landscape by becoming the first person to pilot an aeroplane built and flown by an Australian.

Flying Experiences in Australia

Queensland

Tiger Moth Joy Flight
over Gold Coast

Jet Fighter Flight
Strike Mission

Ballooning over the
Gold Coast

Helicopter Whitsundays
Joy Flight

South Australia

Light Aircraft Scenic Flight
For Two (30 Mins)

Light Aircraft Scenic Flight
For Two (90 Mins)

Light Aircraft Scenic Flight
For Four (2 Hrs)

Light Aircraft
Training Flight

Western Australia

Victoria

Seaplane Lunch
at The Baths for two

Seaplane Coastal Flight
for two

Seaplane Scenic Flight
For Two

Light Aircraft
hands-on training flight

Light Aircraft Training
two flight package

Helicopter scenic flight
for 2

Helicopter
hands-on training flight

Helicopter
champagne sunset
flight for 2

Historic DC3
Cocktail Flight For 28

Light Aircraft
Twelve Apostles Flight

Yak Aerobatic
Adventure Flight

Historic Plane
Silver Clipper
Dinner Flight

Gliding Introduction
at 3000ft

Gliding Deluxe Flight
at 4000ft

Gliding Introduction
3000ft triple package

Historic DC3 Flight
& Lunch at King Island

New South Wales

Helicopter
Hawkesbury River
Luncheon

Helicopter Coastal Flight
with Lunch

Light Aircraft
Sydney Harbour
Training Flight

Seaplane Sydney
Scenic Flight for 2

Seaplane
Romantic Beach Picnic
for 2

Seaplane to Jonah's
for Lunch for 2

Jet Fighter Flight
in A BAC Strikemaster

Helicopter Flight Over
Newcastle Shipwrecks For 2

Other flying links on this site:

Australian National Aviation Museum
Flying
Melbourne Museum of Printing
Melbourne Tram Museum
Nancy Bird Walton
RAAF Museum
Rev. John Flynn
Sir Keith Smith
Sir Reginald Ansett (Reg)
Sir Ross Smith

Page last updated:	10 December, 2010
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TOURISM NEWS

Qantas In Flight Magazine chooses White Hat Cemetery Tour as its featured Australian tour for May

There are many fine historical tours throughout Australia including cemetery tours. From these, the prestigious Qantas In Flight Magazine has chosen the White Hat Tour of Melbourne Cemetery as its featured Australian tour for the May 2007 edition. This tour was also featured by ABC radio on 24 May and will feature in a documentary series on Burke and Wills to be shown on European television in 2008. The tour has been operating for many years and has won praise from a wide range of sources. This is not a dry and stuffy tour but in keeping with all White Hat offerings it is Informed, Intelligent, Independent (and occasionally) Irreverent. You can find details of the tour at White Hat Tour of Melbourne Cemetery and view the article at Qantas In Flight Magazine.

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