Hi Guys, situated at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne, Australia, the Moorabbin Air Museum has a choice selection of aircraft, many of which are not on display, but what is is crammed into the small hangar and outdoors. There is a fundraising drive to build a bigger hangar, which will get aircraft outside under cover and increase the space between aircraft already inside. Anyway, I went there last year and was shown around by a pal who has been associated with the museum since it opened in the 60s.
Entrance to the building, with Mirage IIIO prominent.
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Percival Proctor and Auster.
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BA Swallow.
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DH.60 Moth.
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A Junkers Jumo 004, which the museum has no idea how it came about owning, nor where it came from. A war prize, obviously, there's also a BMW 003A in a museum in Sydney which the operators equally have no idea how they came to possess it.
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The Riedel starter motor inside the Jumo 004's cowl. The ring pull to start it is dangling below to the left.
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Ikara anti-submarine rocket developed in Australia.
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CAC Sabre, note the single 30 mm cannon in the nose in place of the three Fifties on each side.
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Mirage IIIO, O for Oz, of course...
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Sea Venom.
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Sea Venom orifice.
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Firefly.
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Firefly cockpit.
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Sabre.
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Sabre cockpit.
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Beaufort nose.
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Beaufort interior.
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The Beaufighter.
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This side of the Beaufighter's left hand nacelle is the wrecked cockpit section of a Ki-61 fighter.
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This is the crew position for operating the remote guns of the CAC Woomera twin-engined attack aircraft. There isn't much that survives from the prototypes built, so this is a rare thing.
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More to come.
Entrance to the building, with Mirage IIIO prominent.
Percival Proctor and Auster.
BA Swallow.
DH.60 Moth.
A Junkers Jumo 004, which the museum has no idea how it came about owning, nor where it came from. A war prize, obviously, there's also a BMW 003A in a museum in Sydney which the operators equally have no idea how they came to possess it.
The Riedel starter motor inside the Jumo 004's cowl. The ring pull to start it is dangling below to the left.
Ikara anti-submarine rocket developed in Australia.
CAC Sabre, note the single 30 mm cannon in the nose in place of the three Fifties on each side.
Mirage IIIO, O for Oz, of course...
Sea Venom.
Sea Venom orifice.
Firefly.
Firefly cockpit.
Sabre.
Sabre cockpit.
Beaufort nose.
Beaufort interior.
The Beaufighter.
This side of the Beaufighter's left hand nacelle is the wrecked cockpit section of a Ki-61 fighter.
This is the crew position for operating the remote guns of the CAC Woomera twin-engined attack aircraft. There isn't much that survives from the prototypes built, so this is a rare thing.
More to come.
