Oakey Army Aviation Museum

[planecrazy]

Up in Brisbane on my way to NZ, plan was to attend the now twice postponed
Brisbane Airshow. Sadly due to the bad weather the east coast of Australia is
experiencing the show will be next weekend.

Time to kill so decided to take a two hour drive out to Oakey and visit the Army
Aviation Museum, a more exstensive collection than I expected.

In a paddock off in the distance a weather beaten Caribou in an early scheme.




A few tail draggers


Wingeels did spend a period of their service life as forward air control aeroplanes.


Auster.


The Birddog story is interesting, was but up from an American dump in South Vietnam, end up back
in Australia as a glider tug.




Nomad


More soon..........

[Antonio]

Corps Colours at the top of the tail?

[planecrazy]

It may seem a little strange to have this next lot at an Army Aviation museum,
of course the first military pilots were drafted from the cavalry ranks so perhaps
they do belong. All three of these replicas have flown many Years ago.










Couple more replicas, the DR1 has flown and the chap at the museum told me the
Camel was built to airworthy standard and could fly in theory.






The museum also houses a famous piece of fabric from the lower wing of Baron von Richthofen's DR1.

[planecrazy]

The museum pretty much has rotary wings well and truly covered.

[ZacYates]

One of those museums I'd love to visit! I had no idea the collection was quite so large and diverse! Any pics, perchance, of the Zuccoli Boomerang?

Jul 3, 2022 13:15:42 GMT 12 Antonio said:

Corps Colours at the top of the tail?

As Peter mentioned, this Dog's got a fascinating story to tell.

[mcmaster]

Great shots. Looks like a top Museum. Might try and divert there if make it to the big defence show at Amberley in October

[planecrazy]

Jul 4, 2022 13:07:19 GMT 12 ZacYates said:

One of those museums I'd love to visit! I had no idea the collection was quite so large and diverse! Any pics, perchance, of the Zuccoli Boomerang?

Jul 3, 2022 13:15:42 GMT 12 Antonio said:

Corps Colours at the top of the tail?

As Peter mentioned, this Dog's got a fascinating story to tell.

She's now at RAAF Amberley which is currently closed to the public, here's an
old pic of her back in the early nineties and no I didn't get mauled by the Alsatian.

[ZacYates]

Jul 4, 2022 20:18:28 GMT 12 planecrazy said:

Jul 4, 2022 13:07:19 GMT 12 ZacYates said:

One of those museums I'd love to visit! I had no idea the collection was quite so large and diverse! Any pics, perchance, of the Zuccoli Boomerang?

She's now at RAAF Amberley

I didn't realise, thank you. Lovely photo and fine-looking dog!

I forgot to say: all those replicas are a delightful surprise.

[planecrazy]

Here's a little wander around the museum.