L. V. R. Jones in Australia constructed his first aircraft in 1907, but his own power plant for that aircraft was not successful. His Bleriot-type monoplane, which was steam powered, flew for the first time in 1911, and another one, powered by a petrol engine, flew in 1912.The petrol-engined monoplane, his third design, was tested at Emu Plains on March 3, 1912.