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- David Crotty, author of A Flying Life and curator of engineering and transport at Museum Victoria, describes the Duigan bi-plane as a “work of practical genius”.
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The Duigan pusher biplane (often simply called the Duigan biplane) was an early aircraft which made the first powered flight by an Australian-designed and built machine when it flew in Victoria in 1910. [5]
May 8, 2019 · The Duigan biplane was designed and built by John and Reginald Duigan on a farm 128 km (80 miles) from Melbourne, and was the first aircraft to be designed and built in Australia.
In 1868, Stringfellow, at an exhibition given by the Society, harking back to Caley’s evaluation of the Henson Aerial Carriage of twenty years before, produced a model with braced biplane wings, and this lasted until the 1930’s as the most practical form of lifting device.
In June 1911 Duigan returned to the United Kingdom to gain his aviator's certificate (No. 211) at Brooklands in April 1912 using a tractor biplane built by A.V. Roe and purchased by Duigan in late 1911. He sold this machine before returning to Australia in late 1912.
Duigan based his aircraft design on the French 'Farman' [bi]plane, which had flown a kilometre in 1908. Duigan prepared his own plans and specifications and in a large shed on the family prperty, constructed the frame of the plane from red pine and mountain ash. Duigan also made the wheels, propeller shaft, and the ball bearing races.
Jul 15, 2015 · On the 16 th of July, 1910 John Robertson Duigan completed the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft designed and built in Australia. The first flight travelled only seven metres, but within two months they’d extended the journey to ninety metres.
