Robert Norman (aviator)

Sir Robert Henry Norman OBE (30 January 1914 – 3 April 2007) was an Australian aviator and businessman, best known for establishing Bush Pilot Airways, which later became Air Queensland.

Born in Maryborough, Norman served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, after which he settled in Cairns. In 1952 he founded Bush Pilot Airways, and in 1958 he was awarded the OBE. Knighted in 1989, he had also tenaciously pursued the establishment of a Cairns campus for James Cook University.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Entsch, Warren (7 August 2007). "Sir Robert Norman OBE".
  2. ↑ Egan, Isaac (16 July 2014). "The man who began Australia's Bush Pilots". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. ↑ "Robert Henry Norman". 454-459 Squadrons Association, Royal Australian Air Force.


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