Max Hazelton is remembered for creating Hazelton Airlines, a precursor to today's Rex, and surviving 1954 plane crash in rugged bush.
abc.net.au/news/tributes-paid-to-western-nsw-aviation-pioneer-max-hazelton/102206992Pioneering Australian aviator Max Hazelton has been remembered as an "incredible person", after his death aged 95.As a pilot, Mr Hazelton survived a plane crash in 1954 and six days walking through rugged bushlandThe NSW Central West local died at Orange on Sunday.
Hazelton Airlines grew to become a major regional operator, employing 270 people and carrying 400,000 passengers a year to 23 destinations. Rex deputy chairman John Sharp, who was one of Mr Hazelton's close friends, said it was a gruelling tale of survival.Loading... "I think Max will be remembered as a pioneer of the aviation industry, one of the last great pioneers," Mr Sharp said.
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