New Street Openings at Essendon Fields
Mrs Jean Burns unveiled Burns Street on the 3rd, which was named in her honor. Jean obtained her pilots license in 1937 and later that year on the 21st November became the first Australian woman to jump from an aeroplane, she descended from a height of 3,200 feet over the Essendon Airport. Movie footage and photos of Jean at Essendon Airport where shown during the unveiling, all material are available through the Civial Aviation Historical society.
Edgar Johnston Lane was unveiled by his proud daughter Wendye Camier on the 7th. Wendye first visited the airport as a five year old to visit her father at Work. Sir Charles Edgar Johnston was a fighter Pilot during World War One and later became responsible to the Controller of Civil Aviation for the licensing of all privately owned aerodromes and for the selection and preparation of landing grounds on the air routes throughout the Commonwealth. Within a few weeks he selected sites for Government Aerodromes in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. After a lifetime in aviation he presented the Civil Aviation Historical Society with an extensive and valuable collection of historical documents. The collection forms the core of our archives known as The Edgar Johnston Archive of Australian Civil Aviation Administration.
Bradfield Court named in honor of Dr. Keith Noel Everal 'Bill' Bradfield was opened on the 28th by his son Peter. Dr Bradfield was personally responsible for the principal design work on the expansion of Essendon Airport. In 1947 another angle to Dr Bradfield's career began when he was appointed the Australian representative on the first International Civil Aviation Organisation Council. Quickly establishing him self as a leader in the international arena. In keeping with such an illustrious career, Bill Bradfield has received many awards and honours including the Award of Merit of the Commonwealth Professional Officers' Association (1963), the Order of the British Empire (1966) and the Medal of the Civil Aviation Council of Arab States (1971). In 1991 Dr Bradfield became the twenty-fifth recipient of the prestigious ICAO Edward Warner Medal, the highest award in civil aviation.