Timeline
0000 - 1782 - The Dreamers
1783 - 1850 - The Aeronauts
1850 - 1876 - Lawrence Hargrave's early life
1877 - 1892 - Rubber, Steam and Gunpowder!
1893 - 1903 - Kites to Kittyhawk
1904 - 2000 - to be redeveloped in 2002
Biographies
Biographies of Lawrence Hargrave and John Duigan also available in large print
Place of Origin, Australia, unless mentioned otherwise
Dr William Bland : 1789 - 1868 - Great Britain
Pierre Maigre : dates TBA - Australia (France)
William Dean : dates TBA - Great Britain
Thomas Gale : dates TBA - Great Britain
Lawrence Hargrave : 1850 - 1915
Henry Sutton : 1856 - 1914
Henri L'Estrange : dates TBA - France
J. T. Williams : dates TBA - origin TBA
George A. Taylor : 1872 - 1928
Harry Houdini : 1874 - 1926 - Hungary
'Professor' Fernandez : dates TBA - origin TBA
'Professor' Price : dates TBA - origin TBA
Colin Defries : dates TBA - Great Britain
Florence Taylor : dates TBA
Millicent Bryant : 1878 - 1927
Carl W. (Bill) Wittber : 1879 - 1970
John R. Duigan : 1882 - 1951
'Laurie' Marshall : 1884 - 1966
'Fred' C. Custance : 1889 - 1922
Gaston Cugnet : dates TBA - France
P. Woodward : dates TBA
Reginald C. Duigan : 1889 - 1966
H.J. L.'Bert' Hinkler : 1892-1933
'Lores' Bonney : 1897-1994
Freda Thompson : 1906 - 1980
Peggy McKillop : 1909 - 1999
Jean Batten : 1909 - 1982 - New Zealand
Jessie Miller : dates : dates TBA
Brian Lawless Duigan : 1914 - 1972
Nancy Bird-Walton : 1915
Terence (Terry) Lawless Duigan : 1916
Ronald Lloyd Lewis : 1919 - 1995
Jack Douglas Hearn : 1920
Keith Meggs : 1924
Suzanne (Sue) Lawless Duigan : 1924 - 1993
John Denis Duigan : 1927
Dick Hargrave : 1947
Greg Holland : 1948
Gaby Kennard : dates : dates TBA
Fran West : 1952
Janine Shepherd : 1964
Allana Arnot 1967
Gallery - images from the life and work of Lawrence Hargrave
Papers - as read by Hargrave before the Royal Society of New South Wales
Legacy - 'walking' in Lawrence Hargrave's 'footsteps'
Introduction
Bird and Insect Flight
Ornithopters
Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs)
Micro Air Vehicles - Related Projects
Blimps and other Flying Objects
Miniature Engines
Miniature Robotics
Links
Aviation History, General
Aviation History, Lawrence Hargrave
Balloons and Ballooning
Rockets and Rocketry
Kites and Kiting
Gliding, Models
Gliding and Ultralight Aircraft
'Slow' and 'Park' Flyers
Paper Airplanes
Bibliography
Books
Hargrave Specific
General Aviation History
General Reference
Aeronautical Annual, The
Kiting, Gliding etc.
Study of Bird and Insect Flight
Papers
Hargrave Specific
Articles
Hargrave Specific
General Aviation History
Kiting, Gliding etc.
Ornithopters
Study of Bird and Insect Flight
Patent Drawings
Wright Flyer
Archival Sources
Hargrave Specific
AeroKids© - aviation education for children
the Modelers - 'BIG' kids and their magnificent flying machines!
Andrea Casalboni
Reg Regester
Plans - kites, model aeroplanes etc.
Aerobotics© - autonomous aerial robots
Eye in the Sky - Monash Uni's entry into vision capable, robotic aircraft
Related essay(s)
The Air Up There : CIRES Kites
Diamonds in the Sky : William A. Eddy
Kites and Meteorology : A History (#1)
Lets go fly a kite : Kites and Meteorology - A History (#2)
Photographs : USNWS c.1900-1930
Scientific Kiting : Millett, Wise and Eddy , 1897
Insect Wings - The development of robotic insects
Aerosonde - Australian designed and built, autonomous, robotic aircraft
Aerosonde flies the Atlantic Ocean
Aerosonde Atlantic Flight Reportage
Aerosonde Atlantic Flight Press releases
Aerosonde 3View
The Mars Plane - The USA's planned flight over Mars on Dec 17, 2003
A Tale of No Tail - An Anthology of the "Flying Wing"
Igo Etrich and 'the seed of an idea'
Mid 19c to early 20c
René Arnoux
John Dunne
Butler and Edwards
Alphonse Penaud
Joseph Pline
Louis Schreck
N. A. Teleshov
Early 20c to early 21c
Reimar & Walter Horten
Hugo Junkers
Alexander Lippisch
Jack Northrop
Roland Payen
'The Australian Connection'
The 'UFO' phenomenon
MAVs - the 21st Century's 'mini wings'
Wings 'just wanna have fun'
Further reading
The Pioneers - An Anthology - new for 2002
Remote Piloted Aerial Vehicles - An Anthology
Preamble
Beginnings
Radiodynamics
Nikola Tesla and his 'Teleautomata'
RPAVs in Australia
RPAVs in Britain
RPAVs in Germany
RPAVs in USA including Reginald Denny's 'Radioplane'
The History of Rockets and Military Rocketry
Further Reading
Special Events
August 6, 2000
Monash University Open Day
incl. the presentation of the Year 2000 Lawrence Hargrave Award to Prof. John Bird
May 7, 2000
Airshow 2000 - Bairnsdale, Victoria
Related essay(s)
Airshow 2000 - Press Coverage
January 29, 2000
Lawrence Hargrave - 150th Anniversary
Related essay(s)
Lawrence Hargrave - by Ian Debenham
Progress in Flying Machines - by Octave Chanute
Hargrave Kite Replica - by Andrea Casalboni
Lawrence Hargrave : Tall Poppy Award
September 6, 1999
100 Years of Soaring Flight: 1899-1999
Related essay(s)
its4the birds - by Professor E.F. Blick
Dynamic Soaring? - by Larry J. Fogel
August 8, 1999
Monash University Open Day
incl. the presentation of the inaugural Lawrence Hargrave Award to Dr Greg Holland, CEO and Director, Aerosonde Ltd. Special guests - Bertha Harvey, Dick Hargrave (great, great nephew of Lawrence Hargrave) and Jack and Bruce Hearn
Related essay(s)
R.G. Carey and his Maurice Farman 'Shorthorn's
American Kite Magazine 1995
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