December 5 is the 100th anniversary of the first commercial flight in the southern hemisphere and it all started at Langley Park, next to Riverside Drive in Perth, with WW1 ace Sir Norman Brearley, who shaped aviation not just in WA but right across Australia.

For this episode of The Pod Well Travelled, Aviation Editor GEOFFREY THOMAS previews his four-part series on the history of airlines in WA ahead of the commemoration of the event on September 16. The series will be published in The West Australian's travel pages over four Saturdays, starting this weekend.

December 5 is the 100th anniversary of the first commercial flight in the southern hemisphere and it all started at Langley Park, next to Riverside Drive in Perth, with WW1 ace Sir Norman Brearley, who shaped aviation not just in WA but right across Australia.
For this episode of The Pod Well Travelled, Aviation Editor GEOFFREY THOMAS previews his four-part series on the history of airlines in WA ahead of the commemoration of the event on September 16. The series will be published in The West Australian's travel pages over four Saturdays, starting this weekend.

A weekly podcast with Travel Editor Stephen Scourfield and the West Travel Club Team, filled with travel news and stories, in conversation and through the speech and sounds we collect on the road.

A weekly podcast with Travel Editor Stephen Scourfield and the West Travel Club Team, filled with travel news and stories, in conversation and through the speech and sounds we collect on the road.

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