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.
A true pioneer of aviation in Ulster, Harry Ferguson built his first monoplane based on technical reports in motoring magazines. Here, Ferguson sits in the cockpit of that first machine at Hillsborough in County Down in 1909. Note the early Beedle-type propeller and wing-protector skids.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Ferguson monoplane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1909