The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LAVERTON, VIC. 1943. NORTHROP DELTA DI AIRCRAFT A61-1 WAS OPERATED IN THE LIGHT TRANSPORT ROLE BY NO 37 SQUADRON RAAF AFTER BEING IMPRESSED INTO WAR SERVICE. THIS AIRCRAFT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED IN THE ANTARCTIC BY THE EXPLORER LINCOLN ELLSWORTH BEFORE HE SOLD IT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN 1939-02 AND FLOWN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
MASCOT, NSW. 1939. THE ELLSWORTH ANTARCTIC FLIGHT NORTHROP DELTA D1 PARKED ON THE TARMAC AT MASCOT AIRFIELD. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS PURCHASED FROM THE ANTARCTIC EXPLORER LINCOLN ELLSWORTH BY THE FEDERAL GO
The Northrop Delta A61-1, the only aircraft of this type operated by the RAAF during World War Two. The aircraft was purchased by the Australian Government in 1939 and allocated to the Department of
Cinesound newsreel extract on a new Australian fire tender designed to rescue trapped passengers by cutting a hole in an aircrafts fuselage to create an escape access. The fire tender was demonstrated
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. 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
RICHMOND, NSW, 1914-10-23. A CAUDRON G3 AIRCRAFT, WITH AN 80HP GNOME ENGINE, FROM M. GUILLAUX'S FLYING SCHOOL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT TO BE FLOWN TO CENTENNIAL PARK, SYDNEY, BY A FRENCHMAN, J.C. MARDU
