Horrie Miller (aviator)
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| Born | Horace Clive Miller 30 April 1893 Ballarat, Victoria |
| Died | 1980 (aged 86–87) |
| Children | Robin Miller |
File:H C Miller and Gipsy Moth.jpg
Miller and friends with DH 60 Gipsy moth VH-UJX. Miller is 2nd from left
Horace Clive "Horrie" Miller OBE (30 April 1893 – 1980) was a pioneering Australian aviator and co-founder of MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA).
He flew in the 1929 Western Australian Centenary Air Race, winning handicap honours.[1][2]
The main road to the Perth International Airport Terminal 1 is named Horrie Miller Drive in honor of the aviatior. [3]
Footnotes
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- Access road to new International Airport to be named "Horrie Miller Drive" in honour of WA pioneer aviator The West Australian, 1 Dec. 1984, p. 40
- Dunn, Frank, (1984) Speck in the sky : a history of Airlines of Western Australia Perth, W.A: Airlines of W.A ISBN 0-9590823-0-1
- Lewis, Julie (1987) Interview with Dunbar Hooper, and Horrie Miller (reference to Woods, Jimmy, 1893-1975 and WA Airways ) Battye Library Oral History transcript
- Miller, Horace Clive (Horrie) (1968 or 1976) Early birds : magnificent men of Australian aviation between the wars Adelaide : Rigby, Series Seal books ISBN 0-7270-0135-3
- Court, Charles, Sir, (1995) Horace Clive Miller ("Horrie Miller"), 1893-1980 : from barnstorming joyrides to boardrooms / an address by Sir Charles Court in presenting the 1995 Sir Norman Brearley oration at W.A. Club, Perth, W.A. on 23 August 1995. Perth, W.A.: Civil Aviation Historical Society (W.A. Division), 1995.
- National Archives of Australia World War I service records search, accessed 7 July 2007.
- Mervyn W. Prime, 2011, "Horrie Miller", Aviation Australia, accessed 16 June 2011.
See also
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- ↑ H.C. Miller - Horrie Miller and the centenary air race of 1929. Sunday Independent (23 hours 31 minutes 58 seconds), 16 Dec. 1984, p. 18
- ↑ Western Australian Aviators Hall of Fame
- ↑ https://www.allhomes.com.au/ah/wa/property-research/horrie-miller-drive-perth-airport-wa-6105/1928009210
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