Flying by the Seat of Their Pants

Presented by the Tasmanian Aviation Historical Society & the Furneaux Museum, the exhibition presents stories from the early years of Bass Strait aviation 1919 – 1939, celebrating the 90th anniversary of the first commercial flight to Flinders Island in 1932.

This was the era when airfields were nothing more than a field that was “long enough, flat enough and wide enough” for the aircraft to land and take-off. When pilots had no flight plans and weather reports were often inaccurate. Despite these brave pilots’ skills, there were tragedies and lives were lost. Flights into the unknown!