John Hardy (aviator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Hardy (aviator)

Australian aviator; Administrator of the Northern Territory

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1942

Place of Birth: Midland, Western Australia, Australia

Profession: businessperson, aircraft pilot, radiographer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

John Laurence Hardy (born 14 September 1942) is an Australian aviator and businessman who founded the aviation company Airnorth in 1978 and Hardy Aviation in 1991.
He was Administrator of the Northern Territory from November 2014 until October 2017. Hardy was born at Midland Junction in Perth, Western Australia, and moved to Broken Hill at the age of six, where his father, Evan, was chief metallurgist at North Broken Hill mine.
He was schooled at Broken Hill High School.He moved to the Northern Territory in 1971 to work as a pilot in the South Australian and Territory Air Services, where he flew supplies from Darwin to the Indonesian island of Ceram for the American oil giant Gulf and Western's oil field there.
When aviation work was not available, Hardy worked as a radiographer at Darwin Hospital in Larrakeyah.On 10 November 2014, Hardy was sworn in as Administrator of the Northern Territory by Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove.