Bert Hinkler: the most daring man in the world. Grantlee Kieza. 2012.

Once upon a time he was just Bert from Bundaberg……

But when he discovered the thrill of early aviation, everything changed. When he flew solo around the world with just a compass,  torch and the page of an atlas to guide him, when his exploits made him the darling of crowds from America to Europe to Australia, when he completed daring missions as a fighter pilot in World  War I, and when he became Mussolini’s favourite aviator, that’s when Australian Bert Hinkler was dubbed ‘ the most daring man in the world’.