John Duigan (1882-1951) was born at Terang, Victoria, Australia, and later trained as a pilot and engineer in London.
Duigan designed and built the first Australian made aeroplane. He flew it on 16 July 1910, for a distance of 9m / 28 ft. He made 26 more flights in the aircraft, which was a biplane powered by a 20 hp engine built in Melbourne, Australia.
Richard Pearce flew on 31 March 1903 near Temuka, New Zealand, after he had enlisted the help of Timaru engineer Cecil Wood to help with his lightweight motor. Wood had already been the first person in New Zealand to construct an aircraft motor that was three times lighter for its power output than similar car engines at the time.
This monoplane was built at the home of the Žurovec brothers in the village Harty (German: Lilien) near Petrvald (Groß Peterswald) in 1912. When completed it was exhibited in the village inn of the neighbouring Albrechticky (Klein Olbersdorf).
Afterwards it was tested on the meadows between these villages, where today the airport of Ostrava (Ostrau) is located. But because of the quickly overheating 40 hp Delfosse engine only short flights with heights of no more than 40 metres could be obtained.
It was the first aircraft built and flown in Moravia (Mähren). Josef Žurovec was the driving person behind this design. He later should have joined the k.u.k. Fliegertruppe, but not much is known of him. Better known is his elder brother Vilém Žurovec, for his work with Petroczy and Kárman and the developement of the PKZ-1 and PKZ-2 helicopters.
Reported in Flight, April 16, 1910, as a monoplane which had just been constructed at Budapest by an engineer, Aladar Zselyi. The frame is constructed of spruce and steel-tubing, braced in the ordinary way by steel wires. The two main-planes fit into sockets in the main frame at a small dihedral angle. They have a span of 20 ft. and a chord of 6 ft., while the total lifting surface of the machine is 130 sq. ft., and the elevator has an area of 21.5 sq. ft. A two-bladed Chauviere tractor-screw, 6 ft. in diameter, is driven direct by a 30-h.p. Darracq water-cooled motor,
Engine: 30-h.p. Darracq
Prop: two-blade Chauviere 6 ft diameter
Wing span: 20 ft
Wing chord: 6 ft
Wing area: 130 sq. ft
Elevator area: 21.5 sq. ft
Length: 23 ft
Empty weight: 340 lb
Loaded weight: 475 lb
A tractor biplane with diagonal stabilizing surfaces between the wings, which had marked dihedral. It was built by Charles A. Zornes and tested at Walla-Walla, Washington, USA, about 1910-1911.
Charles A. Zornes seems to have started aircraft construction in Walla Walla, Washington, USA, in 1909. After they trained at the Benoist Aviation school in St. Louis, he and Johnny Ludwig together with some associates set up a company in 1912 in Pasco, Washington to manufacture aeroplanes. He also ran a flying school there, with the 1912 headless pusher and at least two others. Zornes crashed on April 19 1912, with injuries that did not seem to be life threatening. He appears in some lists of aviation casualties after the accident, but it appears he might have survived and lived until 1954.
According to the Wisconsin Historical Society the photo is from a July 2, 1909 test flight of the biplane invented by Ray Zorn of Dayton, Ohio, who later resided in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The Curtiss-inspired pusher plane looks like it is of later vintage, though, and other sources talk of a 1911 Zorn biplane.
The 1911 Zodiac No. 4 tractor biplane 2-seater was designed and built by Societe Zodiac in France.
The 1911 Zodiac No. 3 pusher biplane was designed and built by Societe Zodiac in France.
Zodiac monoplane No.2, known as L’Albatros was ordered by the Prince de Nissole and built in 1910 in France.
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