The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Sopwith 1 1/2 strutter biplane aircraft (serial no 5644) is hoisted onto the deck of HMAS Australia. The first flight by an aircraft from HMAS Australia took place on 18 December 1917; the first successful flight of a two-seater aircraft took place on 8 March 1918. (Different occasion from that shown in EN0542; note different covers over the engine. See EN0010, EN0011, EN0017, EN0343, EN0542 and EN0544.)
A Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter biplane aircraft (serial number 5644) is hoisted onto the deck of HMAS Australia. The first flight by an aircraft from HMAS Australia took place on 18 December 1917, piloted b
Seamen hoist a Sopwith 1 1/2 strutter biplane aircraft (serial no. 5644) on board HMAS Australia for a flight from the platform over the gun turret. Several seamen can be seen standing on the platfor
Seamen and officers on board HMAS Australia watch as a Sopwith 1 1/2 strutter biplane aircraft (serial no 5644) takes off from the platform over the gun turret. The first flight by an aircraft from H
A Sopwith 1 1/2 strutter biplane aircraft, serial no. 5644, takes off on a trial flight from a platform above the port gun mounting on HMAS Australia. (See EN0010, EN0011, EN0017; also EN0224, EN0542.
A Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter biplane aircraft (serial number 5644) is hoisted onto the deck of HMAS Australia. The first flight by an aircraft from HMAS Australia took place on 18 December 1917, piloted b
Port turret amidships topped by a two seater Sopwith 1 1/2 strutter biplane (serial F7562) on HMAS Australia. On 4 April and 14 May 1918 this aircraft took off from a similar platform on the starboa
Seamen and officers on board HMAS Australia watch as a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter biplane aircraft (serial number 5644) takes off from a platform erected over the gun turret. The first flight by an aircra
