The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Curtis was shown around the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory, Melbourne, by Wing Commander Lawrence Wackett (1896-1982) who ' ...took me under his wing and eagle like "flew" me around the shops. I'll never forget that first walk through the factory, Wackett's swift, purposeful stride, his enthusiasm over details of construction, ideas sweeping him ahead to a vision of the thing as a whole. Here was a dreamer, designer, builder, pilot and manager all in one big frame of a man, young dynamic, with the shoulders of a prize fighter...This aircraft production plant was really his. The planes and the engines were somehow part of him.'
This drawing shows a Wackett, an Australian designed and built plane, in the foreground whilst in the background is a locally built Gannet aircraft.
Wirraways on the main assembly floor at the Commonwealth Aircraft Factory, Melbourne. Curtis was shown around the factory by Wing Commander Lawrence Wackett (1896-1982) who ' ...took me under his win
Portrait of an Australian built aircraft engine on the assembly line, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory at Fisherman's Bend, Melbourne. In 1940 the artist toured the facility with Wing Command
A corner of the main assembly floor showing Australian built Gannets and Wirraways, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory, Melbourne.
A soldier carrying various ideas is standing below the words 'Tourist Guide to South Vietnam 1966 -'. The soldier looks tired and his eyes are bloodshot. Descriptions of various items he is carryin
Robert Cooper served in Afghanistan 2010-2011. He was deployed as an ASLAV gunner with 2 Cavalry Regiment as part of MTF-2 (Mentoring Task Force – Rotation 2), based in Uruzgan Province. While on de
Scene inside the Commonwealth Ordnance Workshops showing two Australian built anti-aircraft guns being checked over before testing in the field. One of three drawings in the collection made by the art