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Photograph - John Duigan Seated in his Avro-Type Biplane, Ivanhoe, Victoria, 1913
Reg. No: MM 057544
- Description Of Content:
- John Duigan at the controls of the second aircraft he built with his brother at their parent's house in Marshall Street, Ivanhoe in 1912-13. The engine and other airframe parts were brought back to Australia from the UK. The locally-built biplane was a modified version of a machine John Duigan purchased from A.V. Roe and which flew in the UK in 1911-12. Reg Duigan stands at the wingtip.
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | aero engines, aeroplanes, aeronautics, aviation, aviation pioneers, aircraft, aircraft propellors, biplanes, experimental aircraft, fences, houses |
| Themes this item is part of: | Designing & Building the First Australian Aircraft, John Duigan’s Military Service, Centenary of Australian Aviation, John Robertson Duigan MC, Pioneering Aviator (1882-1951), Reginald Charles Duigan, Pioneering Aviator & Inventor (1888-1966), Engineering Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | AIR TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Aircraft |
| Tertiary Classification: | propeller biplanes |
| People Depicted: | Duigan, John R.; Duigan, Reginald C. |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia, 1913 Photographer unknown. The aircraft was test flown at Keilor on 13 Feb 1913 after this photograph was taken. |
| Maker of Item Depicted: | Mr John Duigan, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia, 1912-1913 |
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