AVIATION West Australiana

One of the pioneers and legends of Australian aviation. Best known to thousands of Western Australians as ‘Woodsie’- owner operator for many years of a popular, battling air service to Rottnest Island.

Jimmy Woods was one of the pioneers and legends of Australian aviation.In 1924, after service in the RAF, Jimmy joined the fledgling Western Australian Airways as a pilot on its north-west service and later established the east-west run between Perth and Adelaide. During this time he took part in a number of daring searches and rescues including that for Charles Kingsford Smith.In 1933 Jimmy made an attempt on the record for a solo flight from Australia to England and a year later was a participant in The Great Race.

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191 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.

Woods, Jimmy, 1893-1975.  |  Air pilots — Western Australia — Biography.