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1910: "Wittber's Hop": a Bleriot monoplane assembled by F.C. Custance and C.W. Wittber was flown at Bolivar (west of Parafield). It flew forty yards at five feet before crashing. This was the first powered, controlled flight in Australia. A memorial cairn and plaque commemorates the event near the intersection of Victoria Drive and Port Wakefield Rd., Parafield Gardens.

1914: the first airborne toilet.

1925: the first airborne screened (silent) movies.

1930: the first air hostesses. They had to be qualified nurses.

1931: the first celebrity dies in an air crash.

1946: the Jet Age

1957: introduction of the Black Box.

1961: the first hijack.

 20% of aircraft from the tropics may contain mosquitoes - so be careful!