Temora Aviation Museum

Hi All,

Sorry about the images going missing I have had some problems with Google, I will put the images back up on my post sometime during today.

Cheers,

Daniel.

Same here,,

Me too!

Same here,,

hi avion ancien,i`m glad that you`ve said something because i`ve noticed the same over the past couple of days—i thought that it was me

Maybe the fault lies with me, but instead of images all I can see are black squares containing triangles within which are exclamation marks!

Hi All

i see that you mentioned winston and brawdy so i hope you don`t mind if i post a couple of old scanned photos taken at brawdy in 1977

i hope that these are of interest.

steve

Hi Anna and John,

Thanks, I’m glad you liked my pics.

Hi J,

Yes this is indeed your ‘Winston’ Gloster Meteor F. Mk.8; VZ467, which is now owned by the Temora Aviation Museum and registered as VH-MBX.

The Museum is proud of its identity as ‘Winston’ and appreciate the significance of operating the only flying F.8 so are rather thorough in their maintenance efforts. They also display ‘Winston’ with due care being flown by very capable and experienced jet fighter pilots.

‘Winston’ is now displayed as A77-851/WK683 ‘Halestorm’ from 77 Squadron RAAF as flown by then Sgt George Hale in Korea during 1953. Which in the Australian context is quite appropriate since 77 took the Meteor to war at great cost, also not be forgotten are the British pilots that served with 77 in that war as well.

George was a popular aviator with great service in both the RAAF and Qantas, he was also appreciative that ‘Winston’ found a new home here. Travelling from Queensland to Temora in New South Wales on a number of occasions he took the time to share his experiences and to also enjoy the company of a living Meteor before he passed.

As to your work and experience with ‘Winston’ in 1974, please do tell I would love to know more.

Cheers,

Daniel.

Daniel
Do I assume correctly that the Meteor is the dearly beloved VZ467 “Sir Winston” that I used to work on at Brawdy way back in 1974?
Good to see it looking in such pristine condition.
J

Thanks for sharing some really nice shots Daniel and the content is well shown and taken….cheer’s….johnb:)

Lovely shots Daniel.