13 June 1914

During Maurice Guillaux's 13 June 1914 display at Ballarat he ‘caused excitement by diving towards a crowd of people and the crowd stampeded in all directions, fearing that the aviator was going to sweep them off. Guillaux deftly righted the machine and continued his flight’. Guillaux made three flights. In the third, ‘there was more sensation, head-diving, turning on the side, and upside-down flying, and a much higher altitude was reached. It was late by the time the exhibition closed, but all waited to see the end and went away impressed with the possibilities of aviation’.