Trove Air Bot
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Posts random newspaper articles about aviation, mostly from Australian newspapers up until the 1950s. Uses data from Trove: https://trove.nla.gov.au. See also @TroveAirRaidBot.airminded.org, @TroveWW1AirRaidBot.airminded.org. Owner: @airminded.org
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "balloon": "Balloon delights new fans", Air Force News, 25 Sep 2014
Balloon delights new fans
THE Air Force Balloon delighted locals when it toured the Gold Coast and Tweed Valley regions from August 25 to September 4.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "balloon": "Balloon delights new fans", Air Force News, 25 Sep 2014
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "AERONAUTICS. LONDON, April 5", Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 6 Apr 1909
AERONAUTICS. LONDON, April 5.
An international exhibition of aeronautics will be held at Frankfurt in July. Aeronautics will fulfil an important role in the military manocuvres
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January 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "AERONAUTICS. LONDON, April 5", Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 6 Apr 1909
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "helicopter": "HELICOPTER FOR TASMANIA", The Daily News, 2 May 1946
HELICOPTER FOR TASMANIA
NEW YORK, Wed?—Former R.A.A.F. Flying Officer Barrie Valentine, of Hobart, is at present in America' negotiating for
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January 29, 2026 at 4:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "helicopter": "HELICOPTER FOR TASMANIA", The Daily News, 2 May 1946
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airship": "Zeppelin's Airship. Struck by a Storm. Destroyed by Fire. LONDON, August 6", The Telegraph, 7 Aug 1908
Zeppelin's Airship. Struck by a Storm. Destroyed by Fire. LONDON, August 6.
Whilst Count Zeppelin's airship was moored at Echte[?]ngen on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of being repaired, it was struck by a sudden and
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January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airship": "Zeppelin's Airship. Struck by a Storm. Destroyed by Fire. LONDON, August 6", The Telegraph, 7 Aug 1908
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "AERONAUTICS CHAIR", The Herald, 21 Jul 1938
AERONAUTICS CHAIR
BRISBANE, Thursday.---Federal Cabinet's next meeting would decide whether the Chair of Aeronautics would be at Melbourne or Sydney University, said
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January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "AERONAUTICS CHAIR", The Herald, 21 Jul 1938
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "Sydney University May Soon Have Chair of Aeronautics SYDNEY, July 9", The Telegraph, 9 Jul 1938
Sydney University May Soon Have Chair of Aeronautics SYDNEY, July 9.
To try to secure a chair of aeronautics for Sydney University, and to discuss other related matters, the University Vice Chancellor (Dr. R. S.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "Sydney University May Soon Have Chair of Aeronautics SYDNEY, July 9", The Telegraph, 9 Jul 1938
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "balloon": "Height of the tour Our balloon impresses during the National Ballooning Championships", Air Force News, 24 Sep 2015
Height of the tour Our balloon impresses during the National Ballooning Championships
AIR Force hit the mark and lit up the Western Australian sky while competing in the National Ballooning Championships from August 29 to September 5.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "balloon": "Height of the tour Our balloon impresses during the National Ballooning Championships", Air Force News, 24 Sep 2015
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeroplane": "INVISIBLE AEROPLANE", The Telegraph, 2 Oct 1915
INVISIBLE AEROPLANE.
The "Cologne Gazette," says the Paris "Le Matin," has been bragging of a new aeroplane that the Germans have just invented. It is called an "invisible
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January 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeroplane": "INVISIBLE AEROPLANE", The Telegraph, 2 Oct 1915
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "Seeks Airline Rights", The Sun News-Pictorial, 19 Apr 1944
Seeks Airline Rights
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, AAP.— The Ryan School of Aeronautics, California, has applied to the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to
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January 28, 2026 at 4:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "Seeks Airline Rights", The Sun News-Pictorial, 19 Apr 1944
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airship": "Airship to Carry 100 People. COUNT ZEPPELIN'S VESSEL", The World's News, 15 Feb 1908
Airship to Carry 100 People. COUNT ZEPPELIN'S VESSEL.
Count Zeppelin intends shortly to construct an airship capable of carrying 100 passengers, writes the Strasburg aeronaut Professor Hergesell.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airship": "Airship to Carry 100 People. COUNT ZEPPELIN'S VESSEL", The World's News, 15 Feb 1908
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "TWO AVIATORS. ABANDON AERONAUTICS. London, Aug 28", Kalgoorlie Miner, 30 Aug 1910
TWO AVIATORS. ABANDON AERONAUTICS. London, Aug 28.
French newspapers state that ML Hubert Latham and M. Dubounet, two well-known airmen, have decided to abandon aeronautics.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "TWO AVIATORS. ABANDON AERONAUTICS. London, Aug 28", Kalgoorlie Miner, 30 Aug 1910
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airplane": "TYRES ON ’PLANES SECOND IN IMPORTANCE TO THE MOTOR", Cowra Free Press, 19 Jul 1929
TYRES ON ’PLANES SECOND IN IMPORTANCE TO THE MOTOR.
Much of the experience that has gone into the modern automobile tyre is being used to advantage in the manufacture of airplane tyres, the
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January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airplane": "TYRES ON ’PLANES SECOND IN IMPORTANCE TO THE MOTOR", Cowra Free Press, 19 Jul 1929
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aircraft": "Orders For Aircraft Britain's Methods Explained By Mr. Churchill", Warwick Daily News, 23 Jul 1942
Orders For Aircraft Britain's Methods Explained By Mr. Churchill
LONDON: Asked In the House of Commons through what channels demands were submitted to the Ministry Of Aircraft Production for aircraft for
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January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aircraft": "Orders For Aircraft Britain's Methods Explained By Mr. Churchill", Warwick Daily News, 23 Jul 1942
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airplane": "AIRPLANES NOW USE NON-SKID TYRES", Huon Times, 22 Jun 1928
AIRPLANES NOW USE NON-SKID TYRES
The non-skid tyre has come into general use on all types of airplanes, according to officials of The Good-year Tyre and Rubber Company here.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airplane": "AIRPLANES NOW USE NON-SKID TYRES", Huon Times, 22 Jun 1928
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aviation": "AVIATION EXECUTIVE'S WORLD TOUR. To Study Overseas Aviation Development", The Border Watch, 19 Dec 1933
AVIATION EXECUTIVE'S WORLD TOUR. To Study Overseas Aviation Development.
The Vacuum Oil Company have decided to send Mr. F. W. Haig, the chief aviatiion oflieer of the company, on a world tour, to study up-to-date
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January 27, 2026 at 4:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aviation": "AVIATION EXECUTIVE'S WORLD TOUR. To Study Overseas Aviation Development", The Border Watch, 19 Dec 1933
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aircraft": "AIRCRAFT FACTORY. SITE NEAR SYDNEY. CO-OPERATION WITH BRITAIN SYDNEY, January 27", The Northern Herald, 28 Jan 1939
AIRCRAFT FACTORY. SITE NEAR SYDNEY. CO-OPERATION WITH BRITAIN SYDNEY, January 27.
The Clyde Engineering Co. has completed preliminary arrangements for the manufacture and military aircraft at Clyde, near Sydney
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January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aircraft": "AIRCRAFT FACTORY. SITE NEAR SYDNEY. CO-OPERATION WITH BRITAIN SYDNEY, January 27", The Northern Herald, 28 Jan 1939
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aircraft": "Minelayers Engaged", Daily Mercury, 26 Apr 1940
Minelayers Engaged
While those raids were in progress other aircraft of the Bomber Command were carrying out customary security patrol over bases of the
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January 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aircraft": "Minelayers Engaged", Daily Mercury, 26 Apr 1940
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aviation": "GIGANTIC FUSION General Motors Move AIRCRAFT FIRMS WELDED", The Mail, 6 Jul 1929
GIGANTIC FUSION General Motors Move AIRCRAFT FIRMS WELDED
Having entered the aviation field by acquiring a substantial interest in the Fokker Aircraft Corporation, and buying the Allison Engineering Company
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January 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aviation": "GIGANTIC FUSION General Motors Move AIRCRAFT FIRMS WELDED", The Mail, 6 Jul 1929
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airship": "AVIATION. SALVAGE OF THE AIR. AIRSHIP TOWS ANOTHER. LONDON, Wednesday Night", The Herald, 21 Aug 1913
AVIATION. SALVAGE OF THE AIR. AIRSHIP TOWS ANOTHER. LONDON, Wednesday Night.
The successful salvage of a disabled airship by another airship was accomplished . to-day. The naval airship No. 2 became
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January 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airship": "AVIATION. SALVAGE OF THE AIR. AIRSHIP TOWS ANOTHER. LONDON, Wednesday Night", The Herald, 21 Aug 1913
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airplane": "AIRPLANE TIPS FEMALE PASSENGER INJURED. SYDNEY, May 20", The Mercury, 21 May 1929
AIRPLANE TIPS FEMALE PASSENGER INJURED. SYDNEY, May 20.
Mrs. Gladys Gillard, a passenger in a short airplane flight from the Mascot Airdrome to-day, was injured when the airplane tipped on its side in the
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January 26, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airplane": "AIRPLANE TIPS FEMALE PASSENGER INJURED. SYDNEY, May 20", The Mercury, 21 May 1929
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aircraft": "AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION Director General's Wide Powers (From our Canberra representative.)", The Central Queensland Herald, 5 Feb 1942
AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION Director General's Wide Powers (From our Canberra representative.)
No more sweeping powers have ever been granted to a private citizen in this country than those conferred upon Mr Essington. Lewis by the Commonwealth
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January 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aircraft": "AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION Director General's Wide Powers (From our Canberra representative.)", The Central Queensland Herald, 5 Feb 1942
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aircraft": "Enemy Reconnaissance Flight In Darwin Area (From Our Special Representative) CANBERRA, Thursday", Sunraysia Daily, 27 Feb 1942
Enemy Reconnaissance Flight In Darwin Area (From Our Special Representative) CANBERRA, Thursday.
Enemy aircraft made a reconnaissance flight in the Darwin area about noon today. The planes travelled at a great height and dropped no bombs, states a R.A.A.F. communique issued tonight.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aircraft": "Enemy Reconnaissance Flight In Darwin Area (From Our Special Representative) CANBERRA, Thursday", Sunraysia Daily, 27 Feb 1942
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "RESEARCH IN AERONAUTICS. LONDON, Tuesday afternoon", Northern Star, 4 Mar 1909
RESEARCH IN AERONAUTICS. LONDON, Tuesday afternoon.
The Krupps' Company steel works at Essen, Germany, gave five hundred sterling to found a Goettingen University professorship for research in the work of aeronanutics.
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January 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "aeronautics": "RESEARCH IN AERONAUTICS. LONDON, Tuesday afternoon", Northern Star, 4 Mar 1909
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airship": "MISHAP TO A ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP. PARIS, April 3", The Capricornian, 12 Apr 1913
MISHAP TO A ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP. PARIS, April 3.
A Zeppelin airship ascended from Lake Constance, Switzerland. The propeller became disabled and it drifted and drifted and descended on the parade ground at
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January 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airship": "MISHAP TO A ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP. PARIS, April 3", The Capricornian, 12 Apr 1913
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airship": "An Airship Half-a-mile Long!", Deloraine and Westbury Advertiser, 28 Sep 1912
An Airship Half-a-mile Long!
As a future commercial possibility the airship is far more promising than the aeroplane. To the size of the airship there is no limit. Just how
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January 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "airship": "An Airship Half-a-mile Long!", Deloraine and Westbury Advertiser, 28 Sep 1912