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More Early Air at RAAF Point Cook
MerlinV
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 12:13 AM UTC
As well as the SE5a, The Museum at RAAF Point Cook Sports several other Subjects that will be of interest to us...
The Port Upper Main Plane of the Airworthy Sopwith Pup Replica that does interactive flying displays at Point Cook (These displays take place three times a week using the Pup, a Tigermoth, A Wingeel, a Mustang and the CT4A "Parot" in turn (Both the Mustang and the Pup are undergoing repairs currently))...



A Mauris Farman Shorthorn situated in the main display hangar...




And aspects of the Avro 504k...






MerlinV
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 12:25 AM UTC
And aspects of the Clerget Type 7...




And a beautiful scratch build of a Bristol Box Kite (A full scale replica of which is being built by volunteers at the museum. This is planned to fly at the Point Cook Centenary in February 2014 (the Bristol Box Kite was the first aircraft to fly at Point Cook))...



If you get a chance to visit Melbourne, take a drive out along the Westgate Freeway to Point Cook and visit this museum. It is run by volunteers, all the restorations are done by volunteers and it is funded by visitor donation.

http://www.defence.gov.au/RAAF/raafmuseum/

Cheers,

Hugh
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