Keith Virtue
Keith Allison Virtue MBE (23 June 1909 – 7 February 1980) was a pioneer Australian aviator. Sir Lawrence Wackett, in the Foreword of Keith Virtue's biography, writes that he was an experienced airman himself but he marvelled at the ability and skill of Keith Virtue and counts him as one of the greatest of the Australians who devoted their life's work to the task of pioneering airlines in Australia.
Read more about Keith Virtue: Early Life, Virtue's Air Travel, New England Airways (1931–1936), Airlines of Australia (1936–1942), Royal Australian Air Force (1939–1947), Australian National Airways (1942–1954), Marriage and Family, Retirement
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