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THE FIRST BRISTOL BOX KITE AIRCRAFT TO FLY IN AUSTRALIA, BEING FLOWN OVER GEELONG BY J.J. HAMMOND. THIS TYPE OF PLANE WAS ADOPTED IN 1914 FOR THE TRAINING AT POINT COOK OF OUR FIRST WARTIME PILOTS. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
PORT PHILLIP BAY, VIC. 1916-07-23. THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM A MILITARY AEROPLANE IN AUSTRALIA BY AN ACCREDITED AIR FORCE PHOTOGRAPHER - H.V. LECKIE - SEATED ON A BOX BEHIND THE PILOT, LIEUTENAN
KANTARA, SINAI, 1916. BRISTOL SCOUT AIRCRAFT, OUR FIRST WITH ROTARY ENGINE. LIEUTENANT ERIC ROBERTS IS AT THE CONTROLS (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
1916 MARTINSYDE TYPE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT (SERIAL NO. 7488) ON THE TARMAC. IT WAS THE FIRST WITH LEWIS GUN TO FIRE OVER TOP OF PROPELLER. NOTE MECHANIC AT BACK HOLDING PLANE DOWN WHILE ENGINE REVVED UP. (
THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN TO FLY OVER JERUSALEM. THEY FLEW FROM RAFA AERODROME ON THE BORDER OF EGYPT AND PALESTINE. LEFT TO RIGHT: CAPTAIN MURRAY JONES, LIEUTENANT ROSS MACPHERSON SMITH, LIEUTENANT
DEIR EL BELAH, PALESTINE, 1917. THIS CAMOUFLAGED AERODROME LAID OUT BY NO 1 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC), WAS OUR FIRST IN PALESTINE AND PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE DURING THE BREAKTHROUGH INT
Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams revisits Point Cook to "star" in a segment of a film being produced by the Commomwealth Film Unit, to mark the 50th anniversary of the RAAF which falls in 1971. Just a
