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"The Islander". Cockpit section only.

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One of 17 intact Lancasters worldwide. Painted in 463 Squadron markings, to represent JO-D (D-Dog) which completed 93 raids, and had been crewed on operations by several members of the RAAFA WA.

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One of three Planks still in existence in Australia. This one was scratch-built and donated by Mr C K Gentle.

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This BD-5 has completed a very slow rebuild and restoration since 2004. It is dedicated to Daniel Florusse, a member of the Museum's Youth Club - his name is painted on the side. The rebuild was paid for by a $7,000 donation in Daniel's memory by his parents. Some parts (including the nosewheel) are non-original.

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Built in 1980 from a kit by Mr J Hahir, a farmer from Perillup, WA. Later passed to garage owners Jim & Lynette Herbert of Tambellup, WA.

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The replica is painted in the markings of Bristol Tourer G-AUDK, which flew with Western Australian Airways. Unskinned on one side, to show internal construction.

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One of 4 surviving CAC Wackett Trainers. Formerly the personal aircraft of Horrie Miller

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Restored in silver RAAF paintscheme, but painted in error as "A20-668".

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Built by Challenge in WA, fitted with long-range fuel tanks and operated in Pilbara.
Donated by Dr Noel Plumley in 2006.

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Painted in US Navy colours.

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Painted in yellow RAAF markings.

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Prototype De Havilland Heron.

Stored outdoors between the museum buildings due to insufficient space and funding. Advertised for sale in 2010 at $20,000.

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RAAF colour scheme. The aircraft bears the name "Flagship".

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1955: Built at Fishermen's Bend, Victoria, under license by the Government Aircraft Factory (GAF).

The rear fuselage is actually from Canberra A84-248 and although the maintenance records do not refer to this, A84-248 has the rear fuselage from A84-230.

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VH-CJZ /
F-OCLI

Aircraft modified to allow visitors to experience the operation of the controls of a normal aircraft. It is now painted to represent Robin "Sugar Bird Lady" Miller's Mooney aircraft, but is not the type she flew regularly. Wears both Australian and French registrations.

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Another rebuild of the aircraft was started (this was still underway in 2010).

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Original float only. The cut off section of the float which had been used as a canoe had been abandoned where the two airmen had left it in 1932. It was rediscovered on a field trip by the Western Australian Museum in 1975. Brought back and preserved, it was initially put on display in the Fremantle Maritime Museum, but is now at the Aviation Heritage Museum, Bull Creek.

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Actually A7-066, painted "A7-025" in 25 Sqn markings. Wing from A7-009 used in restoration.

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This was the second Flying Flea that Bob Raper had built.

He built the first Flying Flea in Western Australia, a HM.14, which he tested at the West Subiaco airfield in 1936.

This modified HM.293 states that it is a HM.290 on the tail.

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Tail painted as "Scorpion 133", but manufacturer's plate in the cockpit states that it is a Scorpion II.
Built in 1978 by Robert L Wiggs.

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Built in 1984 by Ansett engineer Frank Matthews at the RAAFA museum at Bull Creek, using measurements and photographs from an earlier Demoiselle replica which the Museum previously held.

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Built 1960.
Was owned for many years by the Clare Soaring Club (now Balaklava Gliding Club) then the Gliding Club of WA.

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5/8th-scale Hawker Hurricane replica, constructed and formerly owned and flown by Arthur Winstanley.

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The world's first commercially available ultralight, designed in Australia by Ron Wheeler in the early 1970s.

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This Slingsby Gull glider was imported into Australia in 1939 for the University of Sydney's Soaring Club. It was the first high performance glider imported into Australia, and the first to carry out a flight of more than 100 miles

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3/4 scale non-flying replica, built in the mid 1980s by Ansett engineer Frank Matthews, of Maddington, WA.

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Acquired from New Zealand in August 1985. .
Painted to represent TB592 of 451 Squadron, RAAF. 451 Sqn only used the code letters 'NI' from December 1945 to their disbandment on 21 January 1946, but the real TB592 only served with 451 Sqn from 7 March 1945 to 14 June 1945, so these markings are technically inaccurate.

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Genuine launcher with replica Terrier - Sandhawk rocket.

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The aircraft was a 9/10th scale replica

Non-flying replica of D-1925 built for the ABC TV miniseries "Flight Into Hell", which told the survival story of Hans Bertram and Adolf Klausmann. After filming in 1985, it was donated to the RAAF Association Museum. To make room for the Catalina in early 2007, the Junkers replica was dismantled and stored outside, and offered for sale. Sold to the Australian Aviation Museum and transported in October 2008 from Bull Creek to Camden Airport, NSW in two large shipping containers.

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Nose and cockpit section only, converted to a caravan, known as the "Maravan".

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Built by Sadleir VTOL Aircraft Co. Pty. Ltd of Winthrop, WA. Sadleir VTOL Aircraft Co Pty Ltd was formed in 1990 to develop fast VTOL aircraft technology developed from 1986 onwards by inventor and company founder Kim Sadleir.

Development involved construction of six models and three-full scale test rigs. The VX-3 was the largest of the test rigs, built to prove the vertical lifting concept. It was preserved at the museum in 2007, but scrapped in 2010.

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Received by the museum in mid 1980. Some restoration work was carried out on the machine, but later ceased. The Beverley Aeronautical Museum took the aircraft on long-term loan basis, conditional upon the machine being restored to display condition within a specified period. Trucked to Beverley on 23 July 1982.

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This particular aircraft is a composite machine, comprising components from a number of RAAF Vengeance aircraft. The largest section of the aircraft, the rear fuselage is from aircraft serial A27-247.

Donated to the RAAF Association Aviation Museum, and rebuilt to static display condition. To make room for the Catalina, in 2008 the Grasshopper was sold to Greg Ackman for donation to the Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, QLD. On 17 July 2008 it arrived at the QAM by road.

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