Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia)

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Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia)
Established17 November 1979;44 years ago (17 November 1979)
Location Bull Creek, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°02′57″S115°51′32″E / 32.0493°S 115.859°E / -32.0493; 115.859 (Aviation Heritage Museum)
Type Aviation museum
Website aviationmuseumwa.org.au OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Official nameAviation Heritage Museum of WA
Reference no. 12166
Assessed10 August 2018

The Aviation Heritage Museum is a museum created and maintained by the RAAF Association of Western Australia. It houses many military and civilian aircraft, aircraft replicas and aircraft engines, of types that have served in the Royal Australian Air Force or have relevance to aviation in Western Australia. It is located in the suburb of Bull Creek in Perth, Western Australia. [1]

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History

The Western Australian Division of the RAAF Association acquired a Mark 22 Supermarine Spitfire from England in 1959 and erected it on a pole outside the Association's Headquarters in Perth. On 1 December 1962 the Association acquired an Avro Lancaster from the French. Many other exhibits of interest to Association members and the public were obtained in the following years. With financial assistance from the Western Australian Government a museum building was erected at the Association's Memorial Estate in the Perth suburb of Bull Creek. The museum building was officially opened in November 1979. In order to house the Avro Lancaster and Douglas Dakota the Association raised funds and erected a second museum building that was opened in December 1983. Since then many smaller buildings have been added, including a 48,000 book library, photo lab, workshop, model repair shop and technical library. [2] [3] [4]

Displays

The following exhibits are on static display in the museum: [2]

Aircraft

Aircraft replicas

Engines

The museum specimen of the R-3350 is the no. 1 engine from a C-121G Super Constellation from NASA, registration N421NA. This Constellation flew between Geraldton and the Carnarvon satellite tracking station in support of the Apollo space program.

Artefacts

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References

  1. "Governor takes flight to visit Aviation Heritage Museum, Bull Creek". Government House Western Australia. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Aviation Heritage Museum". Aviation Heritage Museum. 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  3. "Bull Creek" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  4. "Aviation Heritage Museum of WA". inHerit. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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