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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. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
PALESTINE, 1917. A BE2E AIRCRAFT ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. NOTE MECHANIC SWINGING THE PROPELLER. JACK TUNBRIDGE AT CONTROLS, PHOTOGRAPHER H.V. LECKIE IN OBSERVER'S COCKPIT. LEWIS MARK 3 MACHINE GUN IN SWIVEL
SINAI, 1917. LIEUTENANT JACK TUNBRIDGE OF BALLARAT IN THE COCKPIT OF AN AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) SINGLE SEATER MARTINSYDE AIRCRAFT, ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. NOTE THE STITCHING OF THESE OLD TIME MACHINE
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
Mechanics starting the engine of a S.E.5A (Hispano Suiza engine) aircraft prior to a flight at the Australian aerodrome. Note the mechanic holding the propeller has another mechanic holding his left h
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. (D
BIR EL MAZAR, SINAI, 1917. AS A BE2E AIRCRAFT CAME INTO LAND AT MAZAR, IT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID LANDING RIGHT ON TOP OF THE SERGEANTS MESS MARQUEE, AT THEIR LUNCH TIME. FOR
