Victor Roffey
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Victor Roffey
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Frederick Victor Roffey was an Australian aviator, best known for being the first person to fly from New Caledonia to Australia. Roffey successfully completed the crossing at the age of 23 on 21 November 1931 in a de Havilland Gipsy Moth biplane called The Golden Eagle in which he flew from Ouaco to Rockhampton, via Marlborough, in just under 12 hours. As such, Roffey is credited with opening up the flight path to New Caledonia, which would later become a tourist destination serviced by major ai
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Australian aviator
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Roffey
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2023-03-21T11:16:23Z
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