Bert Hinkler Aircraft – Avro Baby, Avian, Ibis <title>Aircraft – Bert Hinkler
Pioneer · Inventor · Record Breaker · Australian Hero

Aircraft Gallery

The machines that carried a pioneer

Avro Baby G-EACQ

1920 London–Turin record and 1921 Sydney–Bundaberg record. Preserved at the Hinkler Hall of Aviation.

Avro Avian G-EBOV

Avro Avian
Bert Hinkler’s Avro Avian G-EBOV

The aircraft of the 1928 solo England–Australia flight. Modified with extra tankage.

de Havilland Puss Moth CF-APK

Used for the 1931 South Atlantic crossing and the aircraft in which Hinkler died in 1933.

Hinkler Ibis

Amphibian of Hinkler’s own design. Twin Salmson engines in push-pull configuration. A full-scale replica is displayed in Bundaberg.

Early Gliders (1911–1912)

Hand-built and flown from Mon Repos Beach. A reconstructed example and the Challenger relic fragment are held in Bundaberg.

Bert Hinkler Memorial Website · Public Domain images
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