Replica Project 2010
The Australian National Aviation Museum, Australia’s oldest and most comprehensive volunteer run, not for profit aviation museum is proud to be supporting this project to construct a flying replica of the Duigan Biplane as part of the centenary celebrations of the first Australian designed and built aircraft to fly. The museum is providing fundraising and project support to the team who has concepted and commenced this replica project, which is estimated to cost in the order of $60,000 to complete, test fly and transport to various exhibition locations including Mia Mia in 2010 and Avalon in 2011.
Dr Gwynne Duigan, the project Patron, Duigan family Archivist and Matriarch, has been collecting photographs and records from the Duigan Family Archives for the establishment of this website to support the construction of the Replica and the fundraising. Terry Egan and a group of volunteers have been inspecting the original aircraft, now in storage in the Museum of Victoria in Melbourne, to take measurements and photographs in order to create dimensional diagrams.
Terry Egan, who lives in Geelong, grew up on a farm in Western Victoria. He retired from forty years of teaching Art, culminating as Head of Fine Arts at The Geelong College. After restoring and competing in Pre – War Classic cars, he obtained his Private Pilots Licence and helped to construct three R.A.Aus aircraft.
