Historical information
Department of Aviation
From the collection of
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (item) - Aviation Retrospect Dept. of Aviation, Aviation Retrospect From Civil Aviation Branch to Department of Aviation
Other items from this collection
17256 items
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - Douglas Dakota, Pilot's Notes for Dakota IV Two Twin Wasp R1830 - 90C Engines
Technical overview of controls & equipment for Dakota pilotsManual in booklet format
non-fiction
Technical overview of controls & equipment for Dakota pilots
general technical overview of operational aircraft for pilots
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - Consolidated Catalina, Pilot's and Flight Engineer's Notes Catalina I, IB, II, IV Two Twin Wasp R1830 - SIC 3-G Engines
Technical overview of controls, equipment & fuel systems for Catalina pilots & flight engineersManual in booklet form
non-fiction
Technical overview of controls, equipment & fuel systems for Catalina pilots & flight engineers
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - Bristol Beaufighter, Pilot's Notes for Beaufighter TFX Two Hercules XVII or XVIII Engines
Technical overview of controls & equipment for Beaufighter pilotsManual in booklet form
non-fiction
Technical overview of controls & equipment for Beaufighter pilots
general technical overview of operational aircraft for pilots
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - Victa Airtourer, Handling Notes for Victa Airtourer 100
Technical overview of Airtourer controls & equipment for pilotManual in booklet form
non-fiction
Technical overview of Airtourer controls & equipment for pilot
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, Pilot's Notes The Whjitley V Aeroplane Two Merlin X Engines
Technical summary of Whitley controls & equipment for pilotManual in bookler form
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Technical summary of Whitley controls & equipment for pilot
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - Supermarine Spitfire, Pilot's Notes - Spitfire IIA and IIB Aeroplanes Merlin XII Engine
Technical overview of Spitfire controls & equipment for pilotsManual in pamphlet form
non-fiction
Technical overview of Spitfire controls & equipment for pilots
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Moorabbin Air MuseumContainer (Item) - RAF Emergency Flying Ration MK IV Ref. No.27P/25 PKD 3/55
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - Hawker Hurricane, Pilot's Notes - Hurricane IIA,IIB,IIC,IID And IV Aircraft , Merlin XX Engine
Technical overview of Hurricane controls & equipment for pilotsManual in booklet form
non-fiction
Technical overview of Hurricane controls & equipment for pilots
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - Lockheed Hudson, Pilot's Notes Hudson I and II Aeroplanes Two Cyclone GR 1820 G 102A Aero Engines
Technical overview of Hudson controls & equipmentManual in booklet form
non-fiction
Technical overview of Hudson controls & equipment
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Moorabbin Air MuseumLetter (Item) - Flight Cover Qantas Super Constellation
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - Handley Page Hampden, Pilot's Notes The Hampden I Aeroplane Two Pegasus XVIII Engines
Full overview of Hampden controls, equipment & operationsnon-fiction
Full overview of Hampden controls, equipment & operations
technical notes for hampden pilots
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - DeHavilland Tiger Moth, Pilot's Notes for DH82A Tiger Moth The DeHavilland Moth Club
Overview of all controls, handling & operations for DH82 Tiger MothManual in booklet form
non-fiction
Overview of all controls, handling & operations for DH82 Tiger Moth
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes - Bristol Blenheim, Pilot's Notes Blenheim V Aeroplane Two Mercury XV or 25 Engines
Overview of aircraft /engne controls, de-icing/operational/emergency equipment & controlsManual in booklet form
non-fiction
Overview of aircraft /engne controls, de-icing/operational/emergency equipment & controls
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Moorabbin Air MuseumAccessory (Item) - Signal Light Lens Box Marked With N.A.F. 311389-6 , Without Lid, Complete with Four Coloured Lenses
N.A.F. 311389-6
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pillot's notes - Bristol Beaufighter, Pilot's Notes Beaufighter II Aeroplane Two Merlin XX Engnes
Overview of aircraft/engine controls, cockpit/operational/radio/signaling/de-icing equipment, lights & emergency equipmentManual in booklet form
non-fiction
Overview of aircraft/engine controls, cockpit/operational/radio/signaling/de-icing equipment, lights & emergency equipment
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilot's Notes- general, Pilot's Notes General
Collection of notes for pilots of operational aircraft, circa 1943Manual in small book form
non-fiction
Collection of notes for pilots of operational aircraft, circa 1943
general technical overview of operational aircraft for pilots
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Pilots Notes Avro Anson, Pilots Notes for Anson I Two Cheetah IX Engines
Overiew of aircraft/engine controls, operational equipment, operating data, emercency proecdures for Anson I aircraftManual in small booklet form
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Overiew of aircraft/engine controls, operational equipment, operating data, emercency proecdures for Anson I aircraft
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Moorabbin Air MuseumAccessory (Item) - Lenses Tinted Flying Goggles
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - North AmericanP-51D & K Mustang technical reference, P-51D & K Refernce Manual May 23 1945
Technical overview of P51D & K fighters circa 1945Pocket manual in small book form
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Technical overview of P51D & K fighters circa 1945
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - A biography of Major R S Dallas DSO, DSC, C de G avec Palme, AUSTRALIAN HAWK OVER THE WESTERN FRONT, Adrian Hellwig, AUSTRALIAN HAWK OVER THE WESTERN FRONT, 2006
A biography of Major R S Dallas DSO, DSC, C de G avec Palme, AUSTRALIAN HAWK OVER THE WESTERN FRONTCover jacket showing painting of British marked bi-plane over the sea with a German bi-plane sinking on the sea surface, blue background
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A biography of Major R S Dallas DSO, DSC, C de G avec Palme, AUSTRALIAN HAWK OVER THE WESTERN FRONT
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Description of operation structures plus various individual stories of The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service 1918-1986, Jon Sutherland & Diane Canwell, The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service 1918-1986, 2005
Description of operation structures plus various individual stories of The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service 1918-1986Cover jacket showing colour photos of at top White Sunderland in flight, at bottom two rescue boats moving at speed
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Description of operation structures plus various individual stories of The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service 1918-1986
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Moorabbin Air MuseumInstrument (Item) - Casey-Myers Computer Weems System Of Navigation
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - History and photos of Bristol Blenheim operations during WW2, BRISTOL BLENHEIM, Chaz Bowyer, BRISTOL BLENHEIM, 1984
History and photos of Bristol Blenheim operations during WW2, BRISTOL BLENHEIMCover jacket showing two b&w photos, top of Blenheim in flight, bottom of Blenheim on ground with crew in front, all against a yellow background
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History and photos of Bristol Blenheim operations during WW2, BRISTOL BLENHEIM
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Biography of and with extensive detail of R. J. Mitchell's aircraft developments, R.J.MITCHELL WORLD-FAMOUS AIRCRAFT DESIGNER Schooldays to Spitfire, Marian Blackburn and Gordon Mitchell, R.J.MITCHELL WORLD-FAMOUS AIRCRAFT DESIGNER Schooldays to Spitfire, 1986
Biography of and with extensive detail of R. J. Mitchell's aircraft developments, R.J.MITCHELL WORLD-FAMOUS AIRCRAFT DESIGNER Schooldays to SpitfireCover jacket showing portrait photo of R. J. Mitchell against light blue background, also showing a colour photo (painting ?) of a spitfire high above clouds
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Biography of and with extensive detail of R. J. Mitchell's aircraft developments, R.J.MITCHELL WORLD-FAMOUS AIRCRAFT DESIGNER Schooldays to Spitfire
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - ARCHITECT OF WINGS A Biography of Roy Chadwick - Designer of the Lancaster Bomber, Harald Penrose, 1985
ARCHITECT OF WINGS A Biography of Roy Chadwick - Designer of the Lancaster BomberCover jacket showing b&w photo of two Lancaster Bombers inflight, photo superimposed on light purple cover with section view of bi=plane, with red lettered book title at top
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ARCHITECT OF WINGS A Biography of Roy Chadwick - Designer of the Lancaster Bomber
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - LISTOF MEMBERS as at 1st January, 1972 THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY, THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY, 1972
LISTOF MEMBERS as at 1st January, 1972 THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETYBlue cover with faded gold title lettering "LISTOF MEMBERS as at 1st January, 1972 THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY" plus official seal at top
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LISTOF MEMBERS as at 1st January, 1972 THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Instrument (Item) - W&G "Douglas" Combined Protractor And Parallel Rule
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - STATUES and RULES OF The Royal Aeronautical Society (Founded 1866) WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED The Institution of Aeronautical Engineers, The Royal Aeronautical Society, 1948 ?
STATUES and RULES OF The Royal Aeronautical Society (Founded 1866) WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED The Institution of Aeronautical EngineersWhite cover with heading as noted plus official seal at top of cover
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STATUES and RULES OF The Royal Aeronautical Society (Founded 1866) WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED The Institution of Aeronautical Engineers
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Moorabbin Air MuseumAccessory (Item) - Flying Goggles R.A.F MK VII
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Moorabbin Air MuseumAccessory (Item) - Mask Oxygen Type G Large 6D/775 Complete with Oxygen Hose And Clip
Nose piece is marked with 6D/775
