First Flight Powered Flight in Melbourne First Flight Powered Flight in Melbourne

On March 18, 1910 whilst on a visit to Australia and in a Voisin biplane (purchased for US$5,000 in Hamburg, Germany prior to the trip, Harry Houdini made the first controlled, powered flight of an airplane in Australia, at Digger's Rest in Victoria, Australia.

The magic of flight, he later wrote, was in the 'glorious thrill' of first adventure, and 'not in minor modification which is perpetual in any art.'

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