Aviator Bert Hinkler with a group of men in front of his aeroplane at Mascot, New South Wales, ca.1928 [picture].

Title devised from accompanying information where available.; Part of the: Fairfax archive of glass plate negatives.; Fairfax number: 3544.; Herbert John Louis Hinkler, the first person to fly solo from England to Australia and to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic ocean.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6220053; Acquired from Fairfax Media, 2012