In 1951, the Catalina completed the first return flight from Australia to South America. The aircraft was piloted by Sir Patrick Gordon Taylor, his two-week journey was the first crossing of the South Pacific Ocean and a vital step in expanding the global aviation network.
The incident occurred in June last year while the pilot conducted circuits at Moorabbin Airport, in Melbourne’s southeast. The aircraft hit trees before crashing into the ground.
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Husband-and-wife team Ian and Connie Warburton won the competition in their 1974 Piper Cherokee 140. The event saw 86 entrants fly a total of 3,800 kilometres across three different states.
The 2022 race — which did not go ahead in 2021 due to COVID — sees 100 competitors fly a total of 3,800 kilometres across three different states.
The incident occurred on Monday morning, and the pilot was taken to the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle.