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John and Reginald Duigan - A Photographic Gallery

Through photographs (and soon an historic sound file) kindly provided by the Duigan family and Museum Victoria, this page highlights the pioneering work of John and Reginald Duigan who designed and built the first 'all Australian' aeroplane.

The amount of material is quite substantial and is presented here based on a timeline also provided by the Duigan family

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Australia : 1909/11

Glider

Test flights - Mia Mia, 1909

Pusher Biplane

Construction - Mia Mia, 1909

Test flights (private) - Mia Mia, 1910/11

Test flights (public) - Mia Mia, 1910/11

Demonstration flights - Bendigo, May 3, 1911

Documentation - 3Views, other drawings and technical specifications

'Australian Biplane - Successful Trials' - The Argus, October 8, 1910


England : 1912

AVRO - 1911/12

'Mr Duigan's Success' - The Aeroplane, May 2, 1912


Australia : 1913

Tractor Biplane - construction and de-construction


France : 1916/18

Captain J. R. Duigan, M.C. - Australian Flying Corps

A Thrilling Flight - Winning the Military Cross

Point Cook

The Australian Flying Corps

3 Squadron: A History

3 Squadron and 'The Red Baron'

3 Squadron today - the FA/18 'Hornet'


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Australia : a Postscript

Australian Built Aircraft, and the Industry - by Keith Meggs

Aviation Historical Society of Australia

Document Restoration - pushing back the years

Duigan Pusher Biplane - by Keith Meggs

Duigan Pusher Biplane Replica - by Ronald Lewis

'First Flight', 1910-1960 - monument at Mia Mia

Gliders and Powered Aeroplanes 1908-10 - comparative efforts, Europe and the USA

Mia Mia - a local area map

Museum Victoria - Duigan Pusher Biplane on display

Stamp of Approval - the Duigan Brothers go postal

The Tradition Continues - a biography of Terence Lawless Duigan, son of Reginald Duigan  NEW 23 11 00

With gratitude and thanks - Mrs Gwynne Duigan, wife of Terry


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Bibliography

Brodgen, Stanley, (int.Reginald Charles Duigan).: John Duigan's Plane Made History, Aircraft, Australia's Aviation Magazine, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, October, 1960

Cutlack, F.M.: The Australian Flying Corps. The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Vol. VIII.; University of Queensland Press. St. Lucia, Brisbane.

Franks, N., and Bennett Alan, The Red Baron's Last Flight A Mystery Investigated, Pan Macmillan 1998.

Issacs, Keith.: Military Aircraft of Australia 1909-1918. ; Hammond, David., (illus.) Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1971

Kendall, F. J.: John Robertson Duigan : A Pioneer Aviator in Australia, (An Address to the Society on Tuesday evening 26 February, 1974), The Victorian Historical Magazine. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 177th Issue, Vol. 45, Number 3, August 1974, pp.141-58. eMail: http://home.vicnet.net.au

Meggs, Keith.: John Duigan, Chap. 3, Australian Built Aircraft, and the Industry, as pre-published in Aviation Heritage, Vol. 26, No.1, 1990

Mc Laren, Ian.: Australian Aviation: A Survey, (An Address to the Society on 18 September, 1957), The Victorian Historical Magazine. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 111th Issue, Vol. XXVIII, Number 3, August 1958, chapters 2 and 3, pp.88-91. eMail: http://home.vicnet.net.au

Schaedel, Charles.: Men & Machines of the Australian Flying Corps. 1914-19. Dandendong, Vic. Kookaburra Technical Publications. (N.d.).

 


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Duigan Reference Timeline

The Duigan Family Archive

A A4 version may also be downloaded

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Last updated August 28, 2000