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Historic Aircraft Recovery and Preservation => General discussion => Topic started by: Russ Matthews on January 02, 2010, 10:31:36 PM

Title: Remains of "Mawson Air Tractor" Discovered in Antarctica
Post by: Russ Matthews on January 02, 2010, 10:31:36 PM
I just found an interesting article relating the discovery of an unusual piece of aviation heritage -- parts of the first aircraft out of the Vickers facory (1911) and the first plane used in Antartica (though, not the first to fly there)...

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,26548375-2682,00.html
Title: Re: Remains of "Mawson Air Tractor" Discovered in Antarctica
Post by: Martin X. Moleski, SJ on January 03, 2010, 08:31:51 AM
Mawson seems to have been quite a character!

Thanks for the link.