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De Havilland D.H.4 flown by Francis Briggs in Central Australia [PRG 1365/1/344] • Photograph

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Summary

Australian aviation pioneer, Francis Stewart Briggs' De Havilland D.H.4 during a flight from Melbourne to Alice Springs in 1921 for the purpose of collaborating with Francis Birtles in filming the interior. It was the first aircraft to land at Alice Springs.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21 cm x 15 cm

Dates / Publication details

1921

Photographer

Laver, Jack

Collection

Part of Laver Collection

Subject

Briggs, Francis Stewart, 1897-1966
Airplanes -- Australia

Catalogue record

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General notes

This flight is describe in Brigg's diary published as Joysticks and fiddlesticks : the unofficial history of a Flying Kangaroo, or, The Flying Kangaroo / by F.S. Briggs and S.H. Harris ; with a foreword by E.C. Johnston, London : Hutchinson, [1938?].

Digitisation information

Date

22/10/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,196 x 2,271 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

7.28 MB

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