The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT FACTORY. AFTER THE FUSELAGE AND CENTRE SECTION HAVE BEEN FITTED TOGETHER, AND INNUMERABLE SMALL PARTS INSTALLED, THE WINGS ARE BOLTED ON. WIRRAWAY WINGS ARE OF THE STRESSED SKIN TYPE, WHICH MEANS THE METAL SKIN TOGETHER WITH THE MAIN SPARS CARRY THE LOAD. (NEGATIVE BY E. CRANSTONE).
AFTER THE FUSELAGE AND CENTRE SECTION HAVE BEEN FITTED TOGETHER, AND INNUMERABLE SMALL PARTS INSTALLED, THE WINGS ARE BOLTED ON. WIRRAWAY WINGS ARE OF THE STRESSED SKIN TYPE, WHICH MEANS THE METAL SKI
COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT FACTORY. AFTER THE FUSELAGE AND CENTRE SECTION HAVE BEEN FITTED TOGETHER, AND INNUMERABLE SMALL PARTS INSTALLED, THE AIRCRAFT BEGINS TO TAKE ON RECOGNISABLE SHAPE. (PHOTOGRAPHER
COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT FACTORY. FUSELAGE AND CENTRE SECTION BEING FITTED TOGETHER. (PHOTOGRAPHER BY CRANSTONE).
COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT FACTORY. THESE TUBES WHICH LOOK LIKE ORGAN PARTS, WILL BE WELDED TOGETHER TO MAKE THE FUSELAGE FRAME. BEFORE WELDING TOGETHER, THE FUSELAGE COMPONENTS ARE FINISHED WITH A HAND FI
THE PRATT AND WHITNEY "WASP" ENGINE, BUILT BY THE COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION AT A FACTORY ADJOINING THE WIRRAWAY PLANT, IS FITTED WITH AN OIL TANK AND AN EXHAUST RING, THEN INSTALLED IN THE FUS
Fishermen's Bend, Vic. Tradesmen making final adjustments to a Wirraway aircraft at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory. They are screwing on fabric covering to the sides of the fuselage. En
