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Pioneer English aviator, the first man to fly a plane in Australia, Colin Defries in his Wright Flyer. Public Domain
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Race to conquer skies took decades to win

When Harry Houdini escaped the bonds of gravity at Diggers Rest in Victoria in 1910 he claimed to have been the first to fly an aeroplane in Australia, but in fact somebody had beaten him to it

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