Plane under construction
Maker
Ogilvie, Bertram
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A photograph of a group of men inside a hangar standing with a partially constructed component of an early aeroplane.
The photograph was likely taken in Riverbend Road, Napier, where Bertram Ogilvie and others were constructing and trialling aeronautical techniques from 1907 to 1911.
In the foreground of the image a man stands next to a black dog that is leaping up towards him. Behind him another man is straddling the top framework of the plane under construction. In the background of the image another man is standing with his hands in his pockets.
Bertram Ogilvie is thought to have been the first man to pilot a powered aeroplane in New Zealand. He was the inventor of the principle of ailerons. While an employee of the firm of Hawkins and Rome, engineers in Hastings, he pioneered the construction of an aeroplane which incorporated the principle of ailerons. Attempts to launch the machine into the air on the beach near Napier did not meet with success, but after further trials the machine was got into the air and the aileron principle proved a great success.
Photographer and exact date unknown.
The photograph was likely taken in Riverbend Road, Napier, where Bertram Ogilvie and others were constructing and trialling aeronautical techniques from 1907 to 1911.
In the foreground of the image a man stands next to a black dog that is leaping up towards him. Behind him another man is straddling the top framework of the plane under construction. In the background of the image another man is standing with his hands in his pockets.
Bertram Ogilvie is thought to have been the first man to pilot a powered aeroplane in New Zealand. He was the inventor of the principle of ailerons. While an employee of the firm of Hawkins and Rome, engineers in Hastings, he pioneered the construction of an aeroplane which incorporated the principle of ailerons. Attempts to launch the machine into the air on the beach near Napier did not meet with success, but after further trials the machine was got into the air and the aileron principle proved a great success.
Photographer and exact date unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued onto card in an album. The album has a hard green linen cover with Sunny Memories printed on the front.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 65 x 83mm
Height x Width: 182 x 137mm
Height x Width: 182 x 137mm
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Subject period
Subject date
1907-1911
Current rights
Credit Line
gifted by Mr L M Goodger
Other number(s)
10976, 5147, 629.13 Goo, 80935
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