Horrie Miller
Born
Horace Clive Miller

(1893-04-30)30 April 1893
Died1980 (aged 8687)
OccupationPilot
Spouse
(m. 1938)
ChildrenRobin Miller
Miller and friends with DH 60 Gipsy moth VH-UJX. Miller is 2nd from left

Horace Clive Miller OBE (30 April 1893 – 1980) was a pioneering Australian aviator and co-founder of MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA).

He flew in the 1929 Western Australian Centenary Air Race, winning handicap honours.[1][2]

The main road to the Perth International Airport Terminal 1 is named Horrie Miller Drive in honour of the aviator.[3]

On 2 December 1938 He married Mary Durack

See also

Footnotes

  1. H.C. Miller - Horrie Miller and the centenary air race of 1929. Sunday Independent (23 hours 31 minutes 58 seconds), 16 Dec. 1984, p. 18
  2. "Western Australian Aviators Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  3. "Horrie Miller Drive, Perth Airport WA 6105 Street Information - allhomes".

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