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Its a living museum where the aircraft are airworthy and flown on a regular schedule. You also get to go up close and actually touch them in the flesh and speak with the pilots. They do regular flying shows with the below aircraft and often have visiting aircraft during a Showcase. I've been once and thoroughly enjoyed it! Im trying to get to the Sept 1 show which has a RAAF theme. If I cant get to that one Ill definitely be going to Dec 1 show which is a Pearl Harbour theme. ![]() Get yourself along.... there's nothing like it in this country and there's only a small handful of museums globally that fly their aircraft and an even smaller number with WWII aircraft! The Spitfires have one of highest logged flying hours for WWII aircraft in the world. ![]() List of flying aircraft on rotating showcase: Ryan STM S2 DH-82A Tiger Moth CA-16 Wirraway Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII (unfortunately engine in US for rebuild) Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI CA-13 Boomerang Lockheed Hudson DH-115 Vampire T35 Gloster Meteor F.8 English Electric Canberra RAAF CA-27 Sabre Cessna A-37B Dragonfly Cessna O-2A Cessna O-1G Birddog T-28D Trojan Aug 18th, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - Vietnam, Long Tan A-37B, Birddog, Cessna O-2A, T-28 Trojan, RANHF Huey Sep 1st, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - RAAF Fighters Spitfire, Meteor, Boomerang, P-40 Kittyhawk Sep 15th, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - Fighters Spitfire, Meteor, Boomerang, A-37B Oct 6th, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - Trainers to Fighters Spitfire, Wirraway, Birddog, J-3 Cub, Harvard Oct 20th, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - North American Aviation Sabre, Harvard, T-28 Trojan Nov 3rd, 2012 Aircraft Showcase Spitfire, Tiger Moth, Hudson, A-37B Nov 17, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - Korea Sabre, Meteor, Harvard Dec 1st, 2012 Aircraft Showcase - Pearl Harbor Spitfire, Ryan, Tiger Moth, P-40 Kittyhawk Dec 15th, 2012 No Aircraft Showcase Jan 5th, 2013 No Aircraft Showcase Jan 19th, 2013 Aircraft Showcase - CAC Australian Made Sabre, Boomerang, Wirraway, Winjeel, Ceres Feb 2nd, 2013 Aircraft Showcase - WWII to Korea Spitfire, Hudson, Harvard, Meteor http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/ http://maps.google.com.au/maps?clien...d=0CKMBEPwSMAA PS nice pics thanks for sharing! ![]() Last edited by FS~Phat; 08-06-2012 at 02:20 PM. |
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Nice stuff! Would really love to see FiFi someday! The A-36 airbrake issue is quite weird though, if memory serves in many cases they actually wired them shut cos they weren't used operationally and caused issues, so I wonder why they bother having them still serviceable.
That Harrier is mint, I bet the running costs are not too different from the B-29 though! |
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Thanks for the share.
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![]() You know, what really surprises me is that a lot of these aircraft restoration folks normally don't have historians as part of the teams, which can often give them a better insight also on operational routines like that. If memory serves the actuators are mechanic, so I suppose that the accidental opening is just part of a design flaw, one thing is for sure though, you don't want them to open when landing or taking off, nor opening asymmetrically, that would be a party pooper.. |
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FIFI is special for me. A big thank you to the late Jim Cavanaugh for his donating the money to buy her 4 new engines. You can take a ride in FIFI for about $600 at any airshow she visits. Do it while you can. They never take her up to altitudes that require pressurization any more and indeed her cost are high. It is the only one of this kind that is still flying in the world.
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There is also a good private collection in Toowoomba which last time I was there ( few years ago now) featured: CAC Boomerang Sea Fury T-28 Trojan PAC CT4E De Havilland Chipmunk Fiat G-59B N2S-4 Stearman Falco F8L AT6 Texan Pitts Special S1S Flying Flea Ryan STA Stipa Caproni Photo ... the Pitts, Caproni and Sea Fury ... ![]() Last edited by WTE_Galway; 08-06-2012 at 11:15 PM. |
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