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De Havilland D.H.4 flown by Francis Briggs after landing at Marree [PRG 280/1/35/262] • Photograph

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Summary

De Havilland D.H.4 piloted by Lieut. Francis Briggs and Francis Birtles shortly after it landed at Marree enroute from Woodville to Alice Springs. It was the first aircraft to land at Alice Springs.

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Physical description

photograph; 7 cm x 11.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

30 September 1921

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Briggs, Francis Stewart, 1897-1966
Airplanes -- South Australia -- Marree
De Havilland aircraft

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General notes

This photograph is published in The Observer newspaper, 22 October 1921, page 23.

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

22/04/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,441 x 1,954 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

6.73 MB

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