The Hinkler Hall of Aviation is an
air museum in
Bundaberg,
Queensland
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, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
,
Australia focused on the legacy of Australian aviator
Bert Hinkler
Herbert John Louis Hinkler (8 December 1892 – 7 January 1933), better known as Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator (dubbed "Australian Lone Eagle") and inventor. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person ...
. The museum opened in 2008 alongside the Hinkler House,
and was designed to accommodate up to 34,000 visitors per year.
The museum's collection includes five aircraft significant to Hinkler's career: a reconstructed glider from his youth, Hinkler's original
Avro Baby
The Avro 534 Baby (originally named the "Popular") was a British single-seat light sporting biplane built shortly after the First World War.
Development
The Avro Baby was a single-bay biplane of conventional configuration with a wire-braced wo ...
, a replica
Avro Avian
The Avro Avian was a series of British light aircraft designed and built by Avro in the 1920s and 1930s. While the various versions of the Avian were sound aircraft, they were comprehensively outsold by the de Havilland Moth and its descendant ...
, a replica
Hinkler Ibis, and a reconstructed
de Havilland Puss Moth
The de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth is a British three-seater high-wing monoplane aeroplane designed and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company between 1929 and 1933. It flew at a speed approaching 124 mph (200 km/h), making it o ...
.
The museum also has on display a small wooden piece of an early Hinkler glider that was carried on board the
Space Shuttle Challenger
Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' (OV-099) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the commanding ship of a nineteenth-century scientific expedition that traveled the world, ''Challenge ...
and recovered after its breakup in 1986.
References
External links
Official website
Aerospace museums in Australia
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