Harry Ferguson sits in the cockpit of the first version of his monoplane at Hillsborough, near Belfast, in 1909, while Leslie Wilkinson primes the eight-cylinder air-cooled JAP engine. On December 31 that year Ferguson made a 130yd flight in a much-modified monoplane to become the first Irishman to fly.
ULSTER'S FIRST AEROPLANE : This picture, taken in 1910, shows Mr. Harry Fergusson's monoplane just before a trial flight. Note the "A.A." badge.
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