Person

Jones, Leslie John Roberts (1886 - 1970)

Born
4 June 1886
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Died
28 July 1970
Freemans Reach, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Aircraft designer
Alternative Names
  • Jones, L. V. R.

Summary

Leslie (L.J.R.) Jones, of Ryde, New South Wales, built his first aircraft in 1907, but his own power plant for that aircraft was not successful. His Bleriot-type monoplane, which was steam powered, flew for the first time in 1911, and another one, powered by a petrol engine, flew in 1912. In 1927, Jones designed and built the Wonga, the first aeroplane in Australia which used steel instead of wood for the majority of its structure.

Details

Chronology

1962
Life event - Retired
1970
Life event - Buried, Field of Mars Cemetery, East Ryde

Published resources

Conference Papers

Resources

See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_j.html. Details
  • Daw, E.D., 'Recording Engineering Heritage: The work of L.J.R. Jones', in Sixth National Conference on Engineering Heritage, 1992, Hobart 5-7 October 1992: Preprints of Papers (Hobart, Tasmania: Institution of Engineers, Australia, Tasmania Division, 1992), pp. 67-72.. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.424570290302510. Details
  • McArthur, Ian, 'Chapter 16: Aeronautical engineering' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 299-318. Details

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