flying career just as she was planning her next flight – around the world, via Japan, Alaska and the United States. The Klemm L32-V VH-UVE was destroyed in a hangar fire in 1939. VH-UPV was requisitioned for the war effort, deployed to a flying training unit, declared unserviceable and scrapped after the war. During the war, Bonney served on the executive of the Queensland branch of the Women's Voluntary National Register. She returned to flying after the war but retired in 1949 due to failing eyesight. During the 1950s she was president of the Queensland branch of the Australian Women Pilots’ Association. Bonney died at her home in Miami on Queensland's Gold Coast in 1994, aged 96. Recognition For her Australia–England flight, Bonney was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire by King George V. The Bonney Trophy which she presented in England is still awarded annually to an outstanding female British pilot. The Australian Women Pilots Association has established a trophy in her honour. Lores Bonney was inducted into the "Ninety-Nines", the American society of women flyers who had pioneering roles in aviation. Her name and her wings were placed on the wall of the Flyer's Chapel at California's St. Francis Atrio Mission alongside the names of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Kingsford Smith and Amelia Earhart. Griffith University, Queensland, awarded her an honorary doctorate for her services to aviation. Legacy In 2012 she was inducted into the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame. Despite other women pilots of her era receiving more promotion and publicity, Lores Bonney has been publicly recognised in Brisbane in a number of ways since she died: The electoral district of Bonney created in the 2017 Queensland state electoral redistribution was named after her. The Lores Bonney Riverwalk was opened in 2019 as part of the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade project by Brisbane City Council, along the Brisbane River in the suburb of Hamilton. Bonney Avenue, in the suburb of Clayfield, Brisbane, is named for her. The street is not too far from the Eagle Farm Airport (old Brisbane International Airport) where she learned to fly. Bonney featured in a Google Doodle on 20 November 2019, 122 years after her birth. Awards 1934 – Member of the Order of the British Empire 1991 – Member of the Order of Australia References Further reading K Alexander, J Sargent (6 March 2017) "Lores Bonney: the forgotten