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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (item) - Pioneer Electronics and Indicators Overhaul Manual, Pioneer Overhaul Manual
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (item) - Pioneer Indicator and Transmitter Overhaul Manual, Pioneer Autosyn Instruments Overhaul Manual
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (item) - Pioneer Instruments Test Procedures Manual, Pioneer Test Procedures
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (item) - Rolls Royce Engine History, The Rolls Royce Dart - Pioneering Turboprop
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (item) - Twin Pioneer Type Record Volume 1 Scottish Aviation Ltd Prestwick Ayrshire, Twin Pioneer Type Record Volume 1
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (item) - Twin Pioneer Type Record Volume 2 Scottish Aviation Ltd Prestwick Ayrshire, Twin Pioneer Type Record Volume 2
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (item) - Prestwick Pioneer Alvis Leonides 502/4 Engine Scottish Aviation Prestwick Airport, Prestwick Pioneer
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Sander Veenstra Thermite, 1980
Historical Details: . Description: Sander Veenstra was a pioneer of the Australian ultra light flying movement in the early 1970’s. He began his flying in a Skycraft Scout, much like the example in the Museum collection he later fitted the Scout with two Victa motor mower engines. He bu. Level of Importance: National -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Functional Object - Martin Baker Ejection Seat Mark 3B
Historical Details: . Description: Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd. Is a British manufacturer of ejection seats and safety-related equipment for aviation. The company's origins were originally as an aircraft manufacturer before becoming a pioneer in the field of ejection seats. The company's. Level of Importance: mark 3B s/n 1916 23/1/1957 -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Prestwick Pioneer
Description: 231 pages. Published by Piper Aircraft Corporation. Published April 1966. Number 753 646. Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche Aircraft Parts Catalogue Level of Importance: World. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Twin Pioneer Type Record Vol. 1 Scottish Aviation Ltd
Description: Publisher: Piper Aircraft Corp. Revised: February 11th, 1963 Pages: 150 Level of Importance: World. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (item) - Improving The Management Of Australian Airspace
Description: Date: 19/11/1986 Author: John L. Watkins Publisher: Royal Aeronautical Society Pages: 22 Binding: Perm - Softcover Keywords: Sixth Pioneers Memorial Lectures Canberra 1986 Level of Importance: National. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Instructions For Installation And Maintenance Of Pioneer Instrument Horizontal Drift Sight Mark VII FSSC No. 88-S-900 Bureau Of Aeronautics - U.S. Navy, Horizontal Drift Sight Mark VII FSSC No.88-S-900
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Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - ALBA Petrol Can, ALBA Petroleum Company, 1933 - 1945
This artefact originates from a petroleum company which operated in Victoria from 1933 until 1945. The Alba Petroleum Company of Australia Pty. Ltd. was established by P. J. Adams and A.G. Wales. They had distribution facilities in the industrial estate of Newport in Victoria and also marketed to South Australia and Tasmania. Their advertising during World War 11 emphasised the need to keep petrol profits in Australia. They claimed to have the largest independent bulk storage unit in Australia. They pioneered the use of tar alcohol which was blended with "standard motor spirit to produce a super fuel. They were marketers of ALBA Super, the Aviation Quality Spirit containing Australian produced alcohol, ALBA motor spirit, ALBA power kerosene and ALBALITE lighting kerosene. In 1945 after the war ended, ALBA was incorporated with the Australian Motorists Petrol Company, which in turn, became AMPOL Petroleum Ltd in 1949.This artefact is representative of an Australian innovative company and a product which was widely used on a local, state and national level for industrial and domestic applications.A cylindrical steel/metal can for petrol storage and transfer. It has the brand name of the company ALBA embossed into the lid.On lid: " ALBA"alba petroleum company, ampol, petroleum companies australia -
Melton City Libraries
Photograph, The Cairn- Jimmy Melrose's plane crash site, 1988
Edna Barrie at the cairn, photo received from Graeme Minns in 1988. The cairn marks the site of Jimmy Melrose's plane crash in Melton South. The accident which happened on July 5th 1936. In 1934 Melrose made headlines with a series of spectacular flights. In July of that year, he set around Australia record and in that year established a new solo Australia England record when he flew to England to compete in the MacRoberston race with a De Havilland Puss Moth VH- YQO. The only Australian and the only solo pilot to complete the course within the time limit. He was seventh in finishing order and third in the handicap section making news again during the race with a dramatic landing in Darwin with empty fuel tanks. Late in 1935 Melrose imported the Phoenix for his “Adelaide to Anywhere” Charter Service. The previous year the Heston Aircraft Company had taken over the interests of the well known Comper Aircraft Company, and the first production of the new firm was the Phoenix, a single-engined all wooden five seater machine of sesquiplane configuration. The forward half of the fuselage was a streamlined rectangular section and the rear portion was a monocogue shell; the whole was of plywood fabric covered. The wing was built up of spruce box spars and lattice ribs, ply covered from the leading edge to the front spar and the fabric covered over the remainder. The tail surfaces were of similar construction. The most notable feature of the design was the lower stub wing which ran right across the fuselage embodying two box spars, plywood covered it housed the main undercarriage wheels when retracted and provided a substantial anchorage for the Nu form wing struts. The Dowty undercarriage retracted inwards, operated manually by hydraulic packs, Dual control fitted, with side by side seating for the pilots and three passenger seats behind. Power was a 200 h.p. De Havilland Gipsy VI 6 cylinder inverted in-line air-cooled engine. Six Phoenix were built; five of them registered in Great Britain and one of those was later sold abroad the remaining four were impressed into the R.A.F. in 1940. Specifications were: 40 feet 4 inches length 30 ft 2 ins height, 9ft 7ins, wing area 270 sq ft, Tare weight 2,600lbs loaded weight 3,300lbs; cruising speed 360 m.p.h. landing 50mph ceiling 14,000 ft range 700 miles. Melrose’s machine the first production aircraft was built early in 1936 and test flown of the 24th March. Painted green it carries the words “South Australian Centenary 1936” in silver of the fuselage and the name “Billing on the engine cowling in honor of Melrose’s uncle Noel Pemberton Billing, pioneer designer and founder of the Supermarine Aviation Company. The delivery flight was planned as a goodwill mission to publicise the forthcoming South Australian Centenary celebrations. Melrose left Dympne on the 9th April 1936, and flying via Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Baghdad, Basra, Karachi, Jodphur, Calcutta, Akyab, Penang, Singapore, Lombok, Darwin, Newcastle Waters and Alice Springs reached Adelaide on the 25th of April. Continuing the goodwill flight to other States, he visited Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Grafton, Brisbane, Coff’s Harbour, Sydney again, Launceston, Hobart and Mount Gambier before returning to Adelaide on the 13th May. During June Jimmy made some charter flights and early in July was engaged by Mr. A.J. Campbell a director of several mining companies from Melbourne to Darwin to commence at Essendon on the4th July. However on that day low cloud and steady rain caused the postponement. There was little improvement and Melrose was advised to delay the departure again. However he wished to reach Oodnadatta that night, and when he observed the break in the clouds decided to leave. He planned to climb above the cloud and fly to Adelaide at 3,000 feet. The aircraft was airborne about 8.10 a.m. and was last seen from Essendon climbing above the clouds. At 8.45 people at Melton (30 miles West of Melbourne) heard an approaching aircraft. The engine noise increased abnormally and eye witnesses saw the machine fall out of control from the cloud base about 800 feet and then disintegrate, fragments were scattered for 1½ miles and both occupants were killed. Hand written carbon copy by Edna Barrie.Typed by Wendy Barrie March 2014 Last Flight of Jimmy Melrose by John Burke Parade Magazine July 1972 Page 2 –4 This article gives the take off time of 7.50 am from Essendon Airport Eyewitness account at the time Maisie Arthur’s description. Newspaper article. Edna Barrie at the site of the 'Cairn'local identities, local significant events -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Image, Amy Johnson, 1930, 06/1930
... and white photographic image of Amy Johnson, pioneer woman pilot ...Black and white photographic image of Amy Johnson, pioneer woman pilot, after her flight to Australia from England. aeroplane, aviation, flight, amy johnson, pioneer pilot, women -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Image, C.J. Melrose, solo flier, 1934
... aviation flight pioneer pilot Charles Kingsford Smith P. Taylor ...Melrose died in July 1936, at the age of 22, when his new high-wing monoplane "Billing", a Heston Phoenix registration VH-AJM, broke up in turbulence over South Melton, Victoria on a charter flight from Melbourne to Darwin. Two days later, over one hundred thousand people lined the streets of Melbourne to pay their last respects. Black and white photographic image of Charles James Melrose, the only Australian contestant and the only solo flier in the England-Ausralia air race, 1934. He is being chaired by R.A.A.F. men. Two years later Melrose crashed.aeroplane, aviation, flight, pioneer pilot, charles kingsford smith, p. taylor -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - CHARLES ULM, RICK SEARLE, THE UNTOLD STORY OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST AVIATION PIONEERS, 2018
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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Des Martin et al, A Message from the Clouds - a Biography of Robert Graham Carey, Australian Pioneer Aviator, 2004
Wrtiten by aviation author Des Martin in conjunction with Carey's daughter Bertha Carey Harvey, and edited and produced by Bertha's daughter Edith Harvey Martin (no relation to Des). Launched in front of Carey's plane at Point Cook Aviation Museum, Nov 2004.First edition by Des Martin and Bertha Carey. Nov 2004 - blue with blue dust cover 128ppSigned by editor Edith Martintransport - aviation and aerodrome, r graham carey, bertha gladys carey, edith martin, des martin -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Ansett Aviation Accessory Specification Catalogue Eclipse Pioneer Division
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - Ansett Transport Industries Ltd Company History
Includes a range of subjects as listed below, The Hangar Fire ..... 1939 Ansett Airways' War Years Pioneer Country Dealership And Road Services Ansett Hotels The Two-Airliner And The Ansett Purchase Of A.N.A The First Road Services 'Going Public" And The First Financial Crisis MacRobertson Miller Airline Services A History Of Aviation Spanning 56 Years Wridgways Ansett General Aviation Television Developments Austarama Television Pty Ltd And Universal Telecasters Qld Ltd The Rose Fight Thomas Nationwide Transport Ltd Take-Over Bid For Ansett Transport Industries Ltd The First Air Services Ansett Airways Ltd The Butler Take-Over ATI Associated Companies Other ATI Subsidiaries The Air Race ...... 1936 Ansair Pty Ltd -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BASIL G WATSON: PIONEER AIRMAN, 1967
Book. ' Basil G. Watson, Pioneer Airman, the Mount Gambier to Melbourne 1917 experimental air mail'. Grey cover, 39 pages with photographs and illustrations.H.N. Eustisbiography, aviation, basil g. watson, aviation, airmail, bendigo, basil g. watson.eric j. ames pty ltd printers, 14 chesser street adelaide