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John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.

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John Robertson Duigan

20th-century Australian aviation pioneer and inventor

John Robertson Duigan MC was an Australian pioneer aviator who built and flew the first Australian-made aircraft.
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Duigan pusher biplane

1910 experimental aircraft by Australian inventor John Duigan

The Duigan pusher 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. The aircraft was constructed by John Duigan with help from his brother, Reginald, on their family farm at Mia Mia.…
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