In 1928, Bert Hinkler flew an Avro Avian flown from England to Australia in record time.

Later, Hinkler flew it to Perth, where WA Airways removed the long-range tanks from the front cockpit, so he could pick up his wife, who had arrived in Fremantle on a mail boat and fly her back to their home state of Queensland.

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