HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian Navy. Operating from 1955 until 1982, she was the third and final conventional aircraft carrier to serve in the RAN. Melbourne was the only Commonwealth naval vessel to sink two friendly warships in peacetime collisions.Melbourne never fired a shot in anger during her career, having only peripheral, non-combat roles in relation to the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation and the Vietnam War.Rectangular in shape Fibreboard mounted print of HMAS Melbourne.australian aircraft carrier, hmas, lara r.s.l., hmas melbourne

Refers to the service of LAC Lance & Percy Coates.This is a booklet with a light cardboard cover, fastened with 2 staples. On the front is an underside view of a spitfire in flight. (Probably an MK1). It has RAF roundels. The phrase "Whose plane is that?" is printed in red ink. The phrase "Aircraft Identification" is in white ink. Inside are 53 pages of Aircraft photos, data and charts of the various warring nations. The front cover has a rubber stamp of McGills Agency, Melbourne.ww2, aircraft

Woman looking down slope towards the actual site of the Kyeema aircraft crash which occurred on October 25th, 1938. The Douglas DC-2 Kyeema, operated by Australian National Airways, was en-route from Adelaide to Melbourne when it overshot Essendon Airport by 20 miles. Descending in thick cloud, it crashed into the western face of Mt Dandenong, killing all 18 occupants.air crash, kyeema, mt dandenong

Aircraft recognition models were produced and painted flat black and lacked any real surface detail or markings in order to simulate a silhouette. Training purposes for both military personnel and civilians alike.1. & 2. Model Aircraft x 2 made from timber and painted black. 1. Has four engines and appears to be a "Boeing B.17 Flying Fortress", an American heavy bomber WW2. 2. Has twin engines - a "Vickers Wellington", a British, long range medium bomber WW2.Handwritten label with models - grey lead pencil. "Recognition Model used to train pilot and gunner in identification. Top. Boe's B17. Bottom Vickers Wellington". 1. Label on bottom of model - "FORTRESS"military, aircraft, training, ww2

A document produced by the Department of Civil Aviation about the syllabi for examining aircraft maintenance engineersdepartment of civil aviation, aircraft maintenance engineers

Digital image of "Princes Bridge to Aircraft or Greensborough" child's train ticket, single journey, November 1977. Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. White with red strip and black text.train tickets, greensborough station, princes bridge

Metal tin with white lid and red writing First Aid Kit. Aircraft Ejector Seat, and red cross6543-98-211-0738 First Aid Kit Aircraft Ejector Seat Date Packed 8/67medical kit

Post-World War Two, 1950s, manual about the operation and functioning of the Pilotless Target Aircraft No.2 Mk.I.royal australian air force, pilotless target aircraft no.2 mk.i, 1952

issued by the Department of Civil Aviation during 1944, documents correct procedures for aircraft radio operators within Australia. department of civil aviation, aircraft radio operators

Framed black and white photograph of the interior of a Pilatus Porter aircraft showing flares sitting in a deployment chutepicatus porter, aircraft, photograph

Black and white Photograph of F-105 Thunder Chief Aircraft firing two rockets at a jungle targetUSAF Logophotograph, f105 thunder chief, aircraft

Retrieved from crashed (during W.W.2) Avro Anson aircraft at Propeller Bay near Lady Julia Percy Island in 13 metres of water. Found adjacent to the remains of the engine and propeller in June 1993 by Peter Ronald. It was possibly used to adjust control cables. The plane went down on the 15th February 1944 Flight Sgt. J.H. MacLellen, Flight Sgt D.l. Baulderstone, LAC N.T. Kruck, LAC B.C. Ladyman were killed. A memorial was erected at the 'Crags' on the 14th of February 2015 . " At 0800 Anson AW878 of 2AOS took off from Mount Gambier to carry out a radius of action navigation exercise to Lady Julia Percy Island (located off the Victorian coast, midway between Portland and Warrnambool) and back to Mount Gambier. By 1230 it was overdue, and that afternoon a search was instituted. No radio messages had been received from the Anson, although it had been seen during the exercise by another aircaraft. At 1430 part of the mainplane was sighted on Lady Julia Percy Island. Subsequently a fishing boat searched in the vicinity of the island and passed through small pieces of wreckage strewn over about 3 miles. A further search uncovered wreckage which identified the plane beyond doubt, including fuel tank bay cover with AW878 penciled on it, and a Mae West which had been signed out by one of the crew. The bodies of the four crew were never located." This information comes from a report at Mt Gambier Airport where the plane was stationed.Two small pieces of metal that bring the reality of war to our shoresArtefact from crashed aircraft at Lady Julia Percy islandlocal history, transport, aviation, aircraft, lady julia percy island, j.h. maclellen, d.l. baulderstone, n.t. kruck, b.c. ladyman

Playing cards with aircraft identification images used to help people become familiar with aircraft types.Deck of playing cards, pictorial for aircraft identification.