Jones, Leslie John Roberts (1886 - 1970)

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.

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Chronology

1962

Life event - Retired

1970

Buried - Field of Mars Cemetery, East Ryde

Published resources

Conference Papers

• Daw, E. D., 'The First Australian Aeroplane and Engine: The Work of L.J.R. Jones', in Second National Conference on Engineering Heritage ‘The Value of Engineering Heritage': Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1985), pp. 91-95.. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.724840621662742. Details
• Daw, E. D., 'Australia's First All-steel Monoplane', in Fourth National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1988: Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1988), pp. 30-33.. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.623551790368828. Details

Resources

• 'Jones, L. V. R.', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477065. Details

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