24°51′05″S 152°20′10″E / 24.851354°S 152.336196°E / -24.851354; 152.336196 The Hinkler Hall of Aviation is an air museuminBundaberg, Queensland, Australia focused on the legacy of Australian aviator Bert Hinkler. The museum opened in 2008 alongside the Hinkler House,[1] and was designed to accommodate up to 34,000 visitors per year.[2] The museum's collection includes five aircraft significant to Hinkler's career: a reconstructed glider from his youth, Hinkler's original Avro Baby, a replica Avro Avian, a replica Hinkler Ibis, and a reconstructed de Havilland Puss Moth.[1] The museum also has on display a small wooden piece of an early Hinkler glider that was carried on board the Space Shuttle Challenger and recovered after its breakup in 1986.[3]
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