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Harry Hawker's Sopwith Tabloid [PRG 280/1/8/123] • Photograph

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Summary

Spectators watch a Sopwith Tabloid, designed and tested in England by Australian aviator Harry Hawker. Hawker brought the bright yellow bi-plane to Australia in 1914, doing numerous demonstration flights. The photo is of a flight at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, on Saturday 21 February 1914, when Hawker took the Governor General, Lord Denman, for a flight. Hawker was killed in a flying accident in 1921.

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Physical description

photograph

Dates / Publication details

1914

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Airplanes -- Australia
Crowds -- Australia

Catalogue record

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General notes

This photograph was published in the Adelaide Observer, 28 February 1914, page 30.

Digitisation information

Date

09/10/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,668 x 1,756 pixels (6.4 MP)

Size

6.44 MB

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