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Negative - Duigan Biplane Flying Above Spectators at Bendigo Racecourse, Victoria, 3 May 1911 Image Reg. No: MM 057656

John Duigan flying at Bendigo Racecourse, 3 May 1911
Description Of Content:
John Duigan flying his biplane for the public at the Bendigo racecourse 3 May 1911. This was the only occasion he completed a circling flight in the machine.
Discipline: Technology

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Tagged with: aeroplanes, aeronautics, aviation, aviation pioneers, aircraft, biplanes, crowds, demonstration flights, experimental aircraft, pilots, racecourses, spectators
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: Pioneering Flights
Tertiary Classification: aviators
People Depicted: Duigan, John R.
Format: Negative: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 03 May 1911
Photographer: Mr Reginald Duigan, 03 May 1911
Maker of Item Depicted: Mr John Duigan, Mia Mia, Victoria, Australia, 1909-1910

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