The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
EAST SALE, VICTORIA. 1947-12-01. DE HAVILLAND CHIPMUNK AIRCRAFT DESIGNED AND BUILT IN CANADA AND FITTED WITH GYPSY MAJOR ENGINE. THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS FLIGHT LIEUTENANT B. POWER (011404) AND FLIGHT LIEUTENANT C.D. MURPHY (033188) (IN REAR SEAT) OF CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL RAAF PREPARING FOR FLIGHT DURING EVALUATION TRIALS OF THE AIRCRAFT AS A POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT FOR THE RAAF'S TIGER MOTHS IN THE TRAINING ROLE.
TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1952-08-12. COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (CAC) CA-25 WINJEEL TRAINER AIRCRAFT DESIGNED AS REPLACEMENT FOR OLD TIGER MOTHS AND WIRRAWAYS IN THE RAAF INVENTORY. THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOW
WILLIAMTOWN, NSW. 1955. COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (CAC) AVON SABRES OF SABRE TRIALS FLIGHT AT RAAF WILLIAMTOWN DURING THE CONVERSION TRAINING PROGRAMME. IN THE FOREGROUND FLIGHT LIEUTENANT C.D
Final inspections before flight are being made to a CA6 Wackett trainer aircraft. Designed locally as an intermediate trainer between the de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth and the CAC Wirraway, two hundred
KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1951. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT C.D. MURPHY OF NO. 77 SQUADRON, RAAF, STANDING IN FRONT OF HIS METEOR AIRCRAFT IN KOREA.
ALICE SPRINGS, NT. 1948-11-12. DE HAVILLAND DH-103 SEA HORNET RAF SERIAL TT-213 WAS USED BRIEFLY BY THE RAAF AS A83-1 DURING EVALUATION TRIALS CARRIED OUT BY AIRCRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT RAA
The fuselages of DH82 Tiger Moth aircraft in the dope shop of De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, Mascot, NSW. The women are painting the metal surface and preparing the framework before it is covered with
