Lester Brain
... that civil aviation pioneer Lester Brain declined a knighthood in the 1960s, but accepted appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1979?
... that civil aviation pioneer <b id="mwEyg"><a href="./Lester_Brain" id="mwEyk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lester Brain">Lester Brain</a></b> declined a knighthood in the 1960s, but accepted appointment as an <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Officer_of_the_Order_of_Australia" id="mwEyo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Officer of the Order of Australia">Officer of the Order of Australia</a> in 1979?