The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LAVERTON, VIC. 1959-06. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT A65-81 FITTED WITH WHEEL/ SKI UNDERCARRIAGE FOR SPECIAL AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ANTARCTIC RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT DUTY IN THE ANTARCTIC AREA SHOWN DURING A TEST TAKE- OFF WITH JET ASSISTED TAKE- OFF ROCKET (JATO) UNITS. THE AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT BY AIRCRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT RAAF LAVERTON FOR THE AIRCRAFT'S ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS. A65-81 WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED IN A BLIZZARD NEAR MAWSON BASE IN THE ANTARCTIC 1960-12-09.
LAVERTON, VIC. 1959-06. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT A65-81 FITTED WITH WHEEL/ SKI UNDERCARRIAGE FOR SPECIAL AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ANTARCTIC RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT DUTY IN THE ANTARCTIC AREA SH
LAVERTON, VIC. 1956-03. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NO. A65-85, AT THE RAAF STATION. (DONOR C.A. LYNCH).
RAAF Base Laverton, 1962. Sabre jet fighter of the Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) piloted by Flight Lieutenant Simmonds crash lands on one wheel. Scenes of the successful landing, aircr
CANBERRA, ACT. 1967-08-11. THE LAST DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT A65-108 OF NO 34 (SPECIAL TRANSPORT) SQUADRON SHOWN LEAVING RAAF FAIRBAIRN FOLLOWING RE- EQUIPMENT OF THE SQUADRON WITH JET AI
CANBERRA, ACT. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT A65-108 OF NO 34 (SPECIAL TRANSPORT) SQUADRON ON THE TARMAC AT RAAF FAIRBAIRN SHORTLY BEFORE DEPARTURE TO RICHMOND, NSW. THIS WAS THE LAST OF THE D
Laverton, Vic. C. 1948. Interior of a hangar at Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) RAAF Station Laverton, showing the tail of a De Havilland DH 98 Mosquito aircraft being supported at a wei
