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

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Crotty, David

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Publication details: Melbourne : Museum Victoria, 2010.Description: xi, 170 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, facsimsISBN:

9780980619034 (pbk.)
9781921833182 (e-book)

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Electronic books.

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629.13092 22

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TL540.D797 C76 2010eb

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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.

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