Ninety Years of Commercial Flights to Flinders Island

[CharlieLimaX-Ray]

Doing the rounds on social media, the 17th of March marked ninety years since the first commercial flight to Flinders Island.

I suppose young Noel Boland did the turnaround for the first flight at Flinders Island.

[pithblot]

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Thats interesting - 1932 - the same year the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened.

Noel was a bit of a fixture, part of the furniture so to speak. Is he still with us?

Anyone here with first hand accounts of Reg Munro?

Aviation has been very good for Flinders Island.

[CharlieLimaX-Ray]

Noel Bowland is alive and well on Flinders Island.

Another former Heron F/O who refers to Noel as "Rocky", sent this article to me-www.tasmaniantuxedo.com.au #97 The man with the half century wingspan

[lucille]

Many a hangar rat got their start with FIA, loading the Ansons and later the B-18s with groceries outbound and 120 lb hessian sacks of live crayfish back to YMMB.

Fun days. Never had two cents to rub together but ironically still happy.

[dijical]

Noel Bowland is alive and well on Flinders Island.

Another former Heron F/O who refers to Noel as "Rocky", sent this article to me-www.tasmaniantuxedo.com.au #97 The man with the half century wingspan

https://www.thetasmaniantuxedo.com/all-stories/97-the-man-with-the-half-century-wingspan/