Hart Aircraft Service
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| Founded | 1929 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1938 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | Melbourne, Launceston, Tasmania | ||||||
| Headquarters | Essendon Airport, Australia | ||||||
| Key people | James Hart, John Hider and Norman Charles Trescowthick | ||||||
Hart Aircraft Service Pty. Ltd. was an Australian aviation company registered at
had served with distinction in the Australian Flying Corps' famous 4th Squadron with Arthur H. Cobby during the First World War.History
Although intended as an aircraft manufacturing and repair business based at
In April 1933 the company began a regular passenger service between Melbourne and Launceston, Tasmania (sometimes via Flinders Island) using the Avro 618 Ten VH-UMG Tasman, formerly ANA's Southern Star. It was later authorised to carry airmails on this service. However, following its failure to be awarded a contract for this leg of the Empire Air Mail Scheme early in 1934, it withdrew from the Tasmanian service in March of that year.[4]
Hart Aircraft Service continued its aviation servicing business at Essendon Airport until 1938 when it sold its operations to Victorian & Interstate Airways.[5]
Fleet
- De Havilland Gipsy Moth
- Avro 618 Ten
