My uncle Barry Markham - like his brother John - has had a lifelong love for flying. In 1998 he set out on a real adventure - flying a de Havilland Tiger Moth from Perth to London, solo. The flight was a commemoration of the first solo flight from London to Perth in 1930. The trip proved to be somewhat more challenging than the original flight, as he was flying against the prevailing air currents. Below are two articles from the West Australian newspaper
"Aviation record holder Barry Markham OAM is well known in the international de Havilland world. A member of the Royal Aero Club of WA, Markham holds 10 FAI world records and 10 Australian records set in Tiger Moths. Most remarkable of these was his Perth-Cambridge UK trip immortalised in his 2008 book Solo to England. In May-June 1998, Markham set several city-pair records in his Tiger Moth en route to the UK, most of which are still intact today. The trip was a fundraiser fo the Royal Flying Doctor Service. He was a torch-bearer for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was honoured with the UK's Geoffrey de Havilland Trophy and in Australia with the Luskintyre Aviation Group Trophy."
https://www.australianflying.com.au/latest/aviators-honoured-in-queen-s-birthday-list
You can hear an interview with Barry recounting his experiences to Royal Aero Club members:
Barry also wrote a book about his adventure, which can be purchased from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Solo-England-Barry-Markham/dp/1906050546
