The Kangaroo Ace

Growing up in Western Australia in the early 1900's, Sydney Barnhurst developed an obsession. She wanted to fly. Her father had bought a fragile Box Kite then taught his daughter how to control the machine. She quickly became a great pilot and dreamed of flying the best aeroplanes currently available. The trouble was these were involved in the terrible combat which was taking place over the trenches on the Western Front. Not deterred Sydney hatched a plan. This is the...
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Growing up in Western Australia in the early 1900's, Sydney Barnhurst developed an obsession. She wanted to fly. Her father had bought a fragile Box Kite then taught his daughter how to control the machine. She quickly became a great pilot and dreamed of flying the best aeroplanes currently available. The trouble was these were involved in the terrible combat which was taking place over the trenches on the Western Front. Not deterred Sydney hatched a plan.

This is the story of Sydney Barnhurst who became known as the Kangaroo Ace.