Caloundra Air Museum, QLD, Sep 2019

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Post by skypirate » October 8th, 2019, 2:09 am

Large (80 aircraft exhibits), privately-owned museum, about 90 mins drive from Brisbane. On a day following dust storms; everything was covered in dust. Here is a sample.

There was also a Sea Vixen forward fuselage mounted on a trailer for mobile display!

Cheers,

David

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Post by Gregers » October 8th, 2019, 7:42 am

Awesome. I bet that that place iscgreat to look around. Thanks for sharing the pics.

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Post by iggie » October 8th, 2019, 9:05 am

That looks a great place David, with some good looking exhibits. No Catalina leaking hydraulic fluid though?

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Post by PaulBradley » October 8th, 2019, 1:31 pm

What a cool selection of aircraft! Thanks for sharing!

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Post by skypirate » October 8th, 2019, 9:27 pm

iggie wrote:No Catalina leaking hydraulic fluid though?

Nope. None of these are in flyable condition. No taxiways, or Hurricanes to dodge.

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Post by splash » October 8th, 2019, 10:31 pm

Thanks for sharing those excellent photos.

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Post by Clashcityrocker » October 9th, 2019, 6:01 am

Thanks for the look round.

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Post by gnomemeansgnome » October 11th, 2019, 3:54 pm

Very cool.

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