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Lawrence and Hargrave
Alexander Graham Bell experimented with very large man-lifting kites, as did the Wright brothers and Lawrence Hargrave.
Lawrence Hargrave first developed a rotary engine in 1889 using compressed air, intending it to be used in powered flight.
** Lawrence Hargrave, Australian engineer ( d. 1915 )
In the 1890s, Lawrence Hargrave conducted research on wing structures and developed a box kite that lifted the weight of a man.
Manned kite flying and aerial photography was advanced also by French Marcel Maillot, British Robert Baden-Powell, Americans Charles Lamson and William Abner Eddy, Australian Lawrence Hargrave ( inventor of box kite in 1893 and kite train in 1884 ) and French Captain Saconney.
Australian Lawrence Hargrave invented the box kite and dedicated his life to constructing flying machines.
With its tiny population of about 7 million, Australia ranked sixth in the world for scheduled air mileage, had 16 airlines, was growing at twice the world average, and had produced a number of prominent aviation pioneers, including Lawrence Hargrave, Harry Hawker, Lawrence Wackett, the Reverend John Flynn, Sidney Cotton, Keith Virtue and Charles Kingsford Smith.
< center > Lawrence Hargrave, c. 1890 </ center >
Lawrence Hargrave ( 29 January 1850 – 14 July 1915 ) was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.
* An engraving of Lawrence Hargrave alongside some of his gliders appeared on the reverse of the Australian $ 20 banknote from 1966 to 1994.
Lawrence Hargrave Drive is a road which stretches from the Old Princes Highway in Helensburgh to the bottom of Bulli Pass in Thirroul.
* The Lawrence Hargrave Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at Sydney University and the Hargrave-Andrew Engineering and Sciences library at Monash University are named in his honour.
* Australia's largest airline Qantas named its fifth Airbus A380 aircraft ( registration VH-OQE ) after Lawrence Hargrave.
* Lawrence Hargrave Drive
( 1977 ) Lawrence Hargrave: Explorer, Inventor and Aviation Experimenter Sydney: Cassell Australia.
* Amirah Inglis, ' Hargrave, Lawrence ( 1850-1915 )', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, MUP, 1983, pp 196 – 198.
* Michael Adams: " Wind Beneath his Wings: Lawrence Hargrave at Stanwell Park ", Cultural Exchange International Pty.
* Winged Figure Lawrence Hargrave Memorial
* The Hargrave Files papers and drawings by Lawrence Hargrave, and miscellaneous articles about Hargrave's kites from the archives of the Australian Kite Association
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