Sundowner of the Skies

In the early morning of 16 October 1930 Oscar Garden taxied his tiny Gipsy Moth he had named Kia Ora across London's Croydon aerodrome. His plan was to fly to Australia which was sheer madness as he only had a mere 39 flying hours under his belt. When he landed at Wyndham 18 days later no one was expecting him. However his flight - the third fastest after veteran aviators Bert Hinkler and Charles Kingsford - captured the world's imagination.