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Biplane at Victor Harbor [B 73950] • Photograph

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Summary

Photograph of a De Havilland (DH-6) aircraft which landed on top of Granite Island with pilot Lieut. Frank Willmott standing on top of the fuselage, and a crowd of people looking on. The Bluff is in view across the harbor. A newspaper article in the 'Victor Harbor Times and Encounter Bay and Lower Murrray Pilot' on 25 March 1921 reported that "The Willmott Gardner Aviation Company will be sending their De Havilland Biplane down to the Harbor this week end and will conduct passenger flights ... We understand that the machine will land at Encounter Bay in Mr. A.H. Warland's paddock (the same place that Capt. McNamara landed when here on the War Loan Campaign.)" Lieut. Willmott A.F.C., accompanied by Lieut. Morey R.A.F., was the first pilot to land a plane on Granite Island. This unique event was witnessed on Saturday 26 March 1921.

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Physical description

1 photograph : glass, negative, black and white ; 12 x 16.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Photographer

Bradley, Len

Collections

Part of Len Bradley Collection
Part of Victor Harbor Collection

Subject

Willmott, Frank Barry, 1893-1968
Morey, Geoffrey Wilson, 1899-1973
Biplanes -- South Australia -- Victor Harbor
Coasts -- South Australia -- Victor Harbor
Bluff (S.A.)
Victor Harbor (S.A.) -- Pictorial works

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General notes

Part of a collection of glass plate negatives from photographs taken by Len Bradley in ca.1920.

Related material: See related newspaper article VICTOR HARBOUR FROM THE AIR. (1921, April 16). Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931), p. 30. Retrieved November 17, 2021, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165647580

Digitisation information

Date

13/11/2014

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

13,051 x 9,656 pixels (126.0 MP)

Size

252.06 MB

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