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Bleriot XI Monoplane piloted by Maurice Guillaux taking off [PRG 280/1/8/201] • Photograph

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Summary

Maurice Guillaux piloted this Bleriot XI Monoplane while carrying the first air mail between Melbourne and Sydney in July 1914. Guillaux returned to France at the outbreak of WWI and was killed in a flying accident in 1917. The airplane is now on display in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

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Physical description

photograph; 14.5 x 31 cm

Dates / Publication details

1914

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Guillaux, Maurice, 1883-1917
Air mail service -- Australia
Postal service -- Australia
Airplanes -- Australia

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

11/10/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,823 x 1,856 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

7.10 MB

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