A flying life
Subtitle: John Duigan and the first Australian aeroplane
By: David Crotty
Contributors: Museum Victoria
Publisher: Museum Victoria
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Melbourne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780980619034
Subjects: Aeronautics; Airplanes; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index.