Below are images from Ross and Keith Smith’s victorious 1919 flight from England to Australia in the Great Air Race. We covered this topic in part one of our two part series on the Great Air Races of the Golden Age of Aviation. If you haven’t listened to it yet Continue Reading
Great Air Races – Episode 2 (Part 1)
Heavier-than-air flight is just over a hundred years old but has been crucial to the progress of mankind in the 20th century and beyond, both in peacetime and in war. We’re going to be looking at the Great Air Races from the Golden Age of Aviation. These risky endeavours captured Continue Reading
Trailer – Great Air Races – Episode 2
This is a short trailer for Hard Hat History’s latest episode on the Great Air Races of the Golden Age of Aviation. Audio from contemporary British Movietone newsreel footage. Those heard speaking include: Sir Macpherson Robertson, sponsor of the MacRobertson Air Race Commander Harold Perrin, secretary of the Royal Aero Continue Reading