Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Henry Petre/archive1
Ian, this is one of the last blurb reviews for 2018 ... you're welcome to do it if you want it. - Dank (push to talk) 22:44, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
Gog, I just noticed I didn't get a reply from Ian, so you're welcome to do this one if you want it. (No rush of course.) - Dank (push to talk) 15:25, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
Henry Petre (12 June 1884 – 24 April 1962) was an English solicitor who became Australia's first military aviator and a founding member of the Australian Flying Corps, the predecessor of the Royal Australian Air Force. Petre forsook his early legal career to work as an aircraft designer and pilot. In 1912, he answered the Australian Defence Department's call for pilots and in 1913 chose the site of the country's first air base at Point Cook, Victoria. With Eric Harrison, he established its inaugural training institution, the Central Flying School. Petre commanded the Mesopotamian Half Flight, the corps' first unit to see action in World War I, for 12 months, earning the Distinguished Service Order, the Military Cross, and four mentions in despatches. Transferring to the Royal Air Force in 1918, he commanded No. 75 Squadron. Petre resumed his legal practice in England in 1919, and continued to fly recreationally until his death. He was married to racing driver Kay Petre. (Full article...)
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Hi Ian and anyone else interested. A draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 00:29, 28 January 2020 (UTC)