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Aeronautical engineering

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Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

AV Roe & Co Ltd

Broadsmith, Harry

Hargrave, Lawrence

Wackett, Lawrence James

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Aeronautical engineering

Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Air-cooled piston engine developed in 1930s mainly for fighter planes.

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AV Roe & Co Ltd

British aviation company founded by aircraft designer Sir Alliott Verdon Roe which established an agency in Sydney.

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Broadsmith, Harry

Aviation engineer who helped establish Mascot as an aviation centre in Australia before returning to Britain in the late 1920s.

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Hargrave, Lawrence

Aeronautical pioneer and inventor of the compressed air engine and the box kite, who strongly opposed the patent system which he believed held back scientific research.

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Wackett, Lawrence James

Aeronautical engineer whose preferences shaped the construction of planes at Cockatoo Island and the setup of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.

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