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Thomas Macleod
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Monument Type: Monument
Theme: People
Sub-Theme: Aviation
Description:
Memorial commemorates
pioneering aviator Major Thomas Macleod, who flew the
first heavier-than-air biplane glider constructed in
Queensland.
The historic flight took
place on December 22, 1910 from what is today known as 17
Miles Rock Road. Newspaper coverage of the event in The
Courier, called it the very first instance of a biplane
glider rising from the ground in Queensland, seven years after
the Wright brothers' historic feat.
Thomas Macleod formed
the Royal Queensland Aero Club in 1910 and in 1915 he formed
the QLD Flying Civilians and instructed a small contingent of
Queenslanders in the art of aerial warfare. He was also one of
the early directors of QANTAS.
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