biography
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Ansett, Sir Reginald (Myles)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1909–81)
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| biography:
| Pioneer of passenger flight, born in Inglewood, Victoria, SE Australia. He opened a regular air service to Melbourne in 1936, and by 1957 had formed the largest private transport system in the S hemisphere, with a country-wide network of air and coach services. In 1979 Ansett's group was taken over by a consortium of Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd and Sir Peter Abeles' TNT. |
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