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A flying life [electronic resource] : John Duigan and the first Australian aeroplane / David Crotty.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Melbourne : Museum Victoria, 2010.Description: xi, 170 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, facsimsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 629.13092 22
LOC classification:
  • TL540.D797 C76 2010eb
Online resources: Summary: The flying career of John Robertson Duigan spanned just a decade from 1908 to 1918. One hundred years ago he built and successfully flew the first aeroplane made in Australia using only photographs, journal articles and an unreliable textbook as his guides. He was the first Australian to fly a powered Australian-made aeroplane in Australia.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The flying career of John Robertson Duigan spanned just a decade from 1908 to 1918. One hundred years ago he built and successfully flew the first aeroplane made in Australia using only photographs, journal articles and an unreliable textbook as his guides. He was the first Australian to fly a powered Australian-made aeroplane in Australia.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.