MR BERT HINKLER
HONOURED BY AERO CLUB AWARDED GOLD MEDAL.: Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON ,December 9. The guests at the Aero Club’s dinner in celebration of the Schneider Trophy victory included Mr Bert Hinkler. Each member of tho team received a silver salver. The Duke of Atholl said ho foresaw the time when women would fly from England to Australia newly Eton cropped and return in a week with their hair in the same smart condition. Colonel Moore-Brahazon announced that the club -was bestowing on Mr Hinkler its gold medal, the highest honour in its power. Mr Hinkler, who was enthusiastically received, said it would be a pity to let his plane rust in its hangar. There were some parts of the world _he wanted to see, including South America. 1 ‘ I had the right tools, so one fine Monday afternoon tho Gipsy started its reliable note, which by its constancy gradually landed me here/’
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Evening Star, Issue 20973, 11 December 1931, Page 9
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