Wop May "The Race against Death – Mercy flight in an Avian."
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The Herrick Collection in Anoka, Minnesota has an Avian IV c/n R3/AV/127 (ex- Avian II VH-UFZ) painted as N7083/G-EBUG to represent an aircraft Amelia Earhart flew across the United States in 1928-1929.
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On 7 January 1931 Guy Menzies flew an Avian, the Southern Cross Junior, from Australia to New Zealand.
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Famed aviator Beryl Markham used an Avian extensively in East Africa in the 1930s.
In 1928 he flew the first solo flight from England to Australia, for this achievement he flew his Avro Avian G-EBOV.
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In 1928 she met Bert Hinkler (Harry Bonney's first cousin once removed), a Queensland aviator who had set a solo England–Australia record in his Avro Avian biplane (now in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane).