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Russ Matthews

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Remains of "Mawson Air Tractor" Discovered in Antarctica
« 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
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Martin X. Moleski, SJ

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Re: Remains of "Mawson Air Tractor" Discovered in Antarctica
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2010, 08:31:51 AM »

Mawson seems to have been quite a character!

Thanks for the link.
LTM,

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