14 April 1914

Intelligence officer Major Charles Villiers-Stuart, a Scot serving in the Indian Army and seconded to the RAAF, flew in a Maurice Farman seaplane for reconnaissance on 14 April 1914. It had a top speed of 95 km per hour and was described as 'one of the crudest and earliest seaplanes ever built', fragile and temperamental as it had a habit of cutting out mid-flight.