Victor Roffey (original) (raw)

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Frederick Victor Roffey (4 October 1908 - 22 September 1993) was an Australian aviator, best known for being the first person to fly from New Caledonia to Australia. Roffey successfully completed the crossing at the age of 23 on 21 November 1931 in a de Havilland Gipsy Moth biplane called The Golden Eagle in which he flew from Ouaco to Rockhampton, via Marlborough, in just under 12 hours. As such, Roffey is credited with opening up the flight path to New Caledonia, which would later become a tourist destination serviced by major airlines. In 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Caledonia was visited by 130,000 tourists. (en)

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Shell Oil Company Aviation Plaque for a notable Australian flight (en)

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Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia (en)

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Springsure Cemetery, Springsure, Queensland, Australia (en)

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Victor Roffey, 1931 (en)

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The first person to fly from New Caledonia to Australia (en)

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Commemorative stone at Ouaco, New Caledonia (en)

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Frederick Victor Roffey (en)

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Australian (en)

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aviator (en)

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Dorothy Clark (en)

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Frederick Victor Roffey (4 October 1908 - 22 September 1993) was an Australian aviator, best known for being the first person to fly from New Caledonia to Australia. Roffey successfully completed the crossing at the age of 23 on 21 November 1931 in a de Havilland Gipsy Moth biplane called The Golden Eagle in which he flew from Ouaco to Rockhampton, via Marlborough, in just under 12 hours. (en)

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