SeetheenginefromthefirstpoweredaeroplanetoflyinAustralia.TheplanewasaWrightModelAdesignedbyOrvilleWrightoftheWrightbrothers.PilotedbyEnglishracingdriverColinDefriesandnamedTheStellaafterDefrieswifetheplaneflewabout100yards91mon9December1909.TheflightwaswitnessedandreportedbyseveralreliablesourcesbutwasnotofficiallyrecognizedandthefirstflighttrophywasawardedtoHarryHoudiniEhrichWeissin1910.ThisengineisoneofthemostsignificantaeronauticalartefactsinMuseumVictoriascollection.

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