History | WWII bomber's amazing passenger run to Australia

By Mike Scanlon
February 23 2019 - 11:00am
Waltzing Matilda: The famous World War II bomber privately flown to Australia in 1946. Picture: Geoff Goodall Aviation History
Waltzing Matilda: The famous World War II bomber privately flown to Australia in 1946. Picture: Geoff Goodall Aviation History

DARING pioneer aviator Geoffrey Wikner was so exhausted from piloting his plane across the world he vowed to never fly an aircraft again.

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