That’s always a great help, Wayne. We’re powering along with Canberra A84-226, and the Evans Heads folks are making great strides with theirs. It’s good to be a part of the Australian aviation museum movement.

I look forward to seeing your continued progress.

Cheers,
Matt

Some decent pics for our curious colleagues. To those who know about these things, it’s clearly Dr.1 tank.

We’ve had some varied donations over the years, from exciting items like this tank in the 80s (although it didn’t seem like much at the time), to seemingly mundane items like our WW2 Clarktor aircraft tug a couple of months ago. Always something interesting to inspect.

So, for the most complete collection of Australian designed and built aircraft, along with rare surviving examples of WW2 aircraft like our Black Cat and our P-40, both of which saw combat, the Australian National Aviation Museum at Moorabbin is worth a look. You’ll never know what you’ll see next!

Cheers,
Matt

Thanks Brendan.

Here’s a link for those who don’t use Facebook;

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/red-baron-headline-here-20170106-gtn08i.html

Gotta love Flak Bait. Here’s a jacket on which I painted the nose art a few years ago.

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The premier Australian Facebook page for comprehensive information about historic aviation preservation and activities is here;

https://www.facebook.com/HistoricAustralianAircraft

A large number of galleries of pictures can be found here, along with first-hand and shared news stories. It’s my one-stop Aussie aviation page.

Along with Juanita’s work, there is a bit worth reporting on in Australia.

A very listenable podcast of someone who actively contributes to the pool of knowledge about aviation history in Australia and abroad. Very refreshing, thanks Dave and James.

These podcasts are well worth downloading and listening to. The Wings over Australia sub-series has been a delight, with great information being discovered and imparted. We need more of this, especially in Australia.

Cheers,
Matt

Other than the single example noted above, the RAAF didn’t acquire Hurricanes for use in Australia, as the P-40 was being supplied in sufficient quantity at that point in the war.

Cheers,
Matt

Thanks for that pic, Peter.

I’ll never take a sight like that for granted; indeed most of you would have lived a time when such a sight was considered mere fantasy, and it’s a credit to those who have worked so hard to make it possible. Of course, living in Australia means it’s still a fantasy here!

RF342, large parts of which are now at Moorabbin?