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1909 - 1981

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Inducted in 2014

Sir Reginald Myles “Reg” Ansett KBE

Reginald Myles (Reg) Ansett , aviator and businessman, was born on 13 February 1909 in Victoria. At 14, he left school to work at his father’s woollen knit factory. He later attended Swinburne Technical College, qualifying as a knitting-machine and sewing machine mechanic. At 20, he took flying lessons and gained Australian pilot’s licence number 419 in 1929.

In 1930 he purchased a second-hand Studebaker car and used it to carry passengers and freight between Maryborough and Ballarat under the name of Ansett Motors. This venture lost money so he shifted his base to Hamilton. With success, he bought more cars and hired staff, and the business grew. Reg married Grace Doreen Nicol at Maryborough on 1 October 1932.

In 1932 the Victorian Government introduced legislation to protect the railways from competition. After being refused a licence to operate between Hamilton and Melbourne by road, Ansett registered Ansett Airways Pty Ltd in 1935 and purchased a six-seat Fokker Universal aircraft. T

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Our History

The Ansett name originates from Sir Reginald Ansett, the founder of the Australian Airline “Ansett Airways” based in Melbourne Australia.
Sir Reginald Ansett commenced a small airline operation in 1936 and following the end of the Second World War grew the airline to be one of the two large domestic airlines operating in Australia. In the 1990’s the airline operated internationally to Asian destinations and was renowned for its safety record and quality of service.

The airline closed down in 2001 and the Ansett Simulator Pilot Training Centre in Melbourne Australia was purchased and developed into a state of the art training facility named Ansett Aviation Training. The Melbourne facility now operates as the largest Independent Simulator Training Centre in the Southern Hemisphere and currently houses 13 full flight simulators providing pilot training to individual pilots, airlines and aircraft operators from within Australia and around the world. A Cabin Crew Evacuation Trainer provides essential cabin crew training for A320 operators. Over 80 airlines and airc

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Reginald Myles Ansett KBE (1909 - 1981)

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Born in Inglewood, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Son of Charles John Ansett and Mary Ann (Phillips) Ansett

Brother of Gladys Violet (Ansett) Burrows, Charles John Richmond Ansett, Adrienne Noreen (Ansett) Pascoe and Valmai Ansett

[children unknown]

Died at age 72in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Reg Ansett KBE is Notable.

'I don’t think I’m anything out of the box. I just think if you work hard enough and long enough, you’ll get somewhere'. – Sir Reginald Ansett.

Best known for founding Ansett Transport Industries, which owned one of Australia's leading domestic airlines, Ansett Airlines.

Life Events

Reg Ansett KBE was born in Victoria, Australia

Reginald Myles Ansett was born on the 13th February 1909, at Inglewood, Victoria, Australia, the son of Charles John Ansett, and his wife Mary Ann Phillips.^[1]

He left school at 14 to work at his father’s woollen