Thought I’d share a few photos from the Royal Australian Air Force Museum at RAAF Williams, Point Cook (which incidently is recorded as being the oldest continuously operating military airfield in the world, first used in 1912).
If you are ever in Melbourne it is well worth a visit with entry being by donation only (what ever you want to pay), how many places can say that 😀
The photos are
1. Douglas Boston III, recovered from PNG and restored.
2. Lockheed C-130A Hercules cockpit (compare this to a new J model)
3. Se-5a replica which apparently can fly but the museum chose not to
4. Farman Shorthorn, a genuine aircraft that is a merger of 3 surviving airframes
5. RAAF Tiger Moth
6. UH-1B Iroquois (ex. Vietnam)
7. Vampire FB.30 Target Tug
8. Vampire T.35
9. Walrus
Hopefully they come out in order otherwise I’m sure you all will cope 😉
By: Dave Homewood - 31st May 2016 at 13:21
By the way, if nothing else, if you follow the show page link you’ll find a load of photos.
By: Dave Homewood - 30th May 2016 at 22:35
Yes indeed.
By: Mustang51 - 30th May 2016 at 22:02
Dave,
Don’t forget Ron working on the Demon restoration. Magnificent job there !
By: Dave Homewood - 15th July 2004 at 01:34
Thanks for these photos Spiteful, nice to see a few not-so-often-seen aircraft. I love the Walrus and the bumblebee-schemed Vampire. 🙂
It looks like we’ve found a museum darker than Hendon though – what is with the lighting???
And as for the claim of the ‘oldest continuously operating military airfield in the world’, this was disproven on this forum. There’s an airfield somewhere in Europe (can’t recall where, Holland? Germany?) that is a little older – and is currently under threat of closure. Someone here will know where I refer too. I cannot find the thread through the not-so-good search engine.
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July 14, 2004 at 10:04 pm