Horrie Miller (aviator) explained

Horrie Miller
Birth Name:	Horace Clive Miller
Birth Date:	1893 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Ballarat, Victoria
Occupation:	Pilot
Children:	Robin Miller

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

• West Australian Airways

References

• Access road to new International Airport to be named "Horrie Miller Drive" in honour of WA pioneer aviator The West Australian, 1 Dec. 1984, p. 40
• Dunn, Frank, (1984) Speck in the sky : a history of Airlines of Western Australia Perth, W.A: Airlines of W.A
• Lewis, Julie (1987) Interview with Dunbar Hooper, and Horrie Miller (reference to Woods, Jimmy, 1893-1975 and WA Airways) Battye Library Oral History transcript
• Miller, Horace Clive (Horrie) (1968 or 1976) Early birds : magnificent men of Australian aviation between the wars Adelaide : Rigby, Series Seal books
• Court, Charles, Sir, (1995) Horace Clive Miller ("Horrie Miller"), 1893-1980 : from barnstorming joyrides to boardrooms / an address by Sir Charles Court in presenting the 1995 Sir Norman Brearley oration at W.A. Club, Perth, W.A. on 23 August 1995. Perth, W.A.: Civil Aviation Historical Society (W.A. Division), 1995.
• National Archives of Australia World War I service records search, accessed 7 July 2007.
• Mervyn W. Prime, 2011, "Horrie Miller", Aviation Australia, accessed 16 June 2011.
• Perkins, Matthew, 2008, "Who is Horrie Miller?", ABC Radio Perth, accessed 6 August 2019

Notes and References

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. Web site: Western Australian Aviators Hall of Fame . 10 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090413152242/http://www.alanblencowe.com/imagesalan/03HallOfFame.htm . 13 April 2009 . dead .
3. Web site: Horrie Miller Drive, Perth Airport WA 6105 Street Information - allhomes.