Queensland Air Museum - a great place for and arvo!

[setter]

Queensland Air Museum - a great place for and arvo!

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Hi all

Whilst my wife was home from Manila for Christmas I gave her a special treat and took her to the QAM about an hours drive from my place near Brisbane - well we went to the beach and it "just happened to be on the way home".

This is a great Museum - sort of like the Newark of the south for our UK viewers - and well worth a visit. Where else will you find a Sea Vixen , Hunter and Meatbox all ex UK service outside of the UK - other aircraft include Sea Venom , Ventura, Sabre , Caribou etc

The photos are here

http://community.webshots.com/user/setter125

and go to Queensland Air Museum at the bottom of the list of galleries.

One very interesting article is the chunk of P38 wing in great condition in one of the photos behind an engine... it was sadly recovered from a scrap merchant here in Brisbane and came from PNG................Very sad indeed just makes you wonder what else came through........

Kindest regards
John P

[bdk]

Queensland Air Museum - a great place for and arvo!

Excellent Setter! Thanks for those. Is the Spitfire a replica or an original? Please translate "arvo" as well! Thanks again.

[DaveM2]

Arvo = afternoon

Dave

[Martin Edwards]

I totally agree with Setter's comments. Although I live
in Melbourne I make sure I pay a visit to QAM every time
I venture north. One of Australia's best aviation museum.
A couple of worthwhile restorations are illustrated below;

[url] http://www.adf-serials.com/gallery/Winjeel-A85-410

[url] http://www.adf-serials.com/gallery/Sabre-A94-935

why not visit their website at
[url] http://www.qam.com.au
....and there you can find out about the Spitfire

[setter]

Bdk

The Spit - yes she is a replica - plastic and metal etc

Regards
John P

[airnutz]

Setter,
Thanx, that was a question I was going to ask about the Spit., the site
said it was a replica, but didn't really offer any details.

In your photos, it looked as if you were having a "hell of a time" getting
a "clear shot" at the Meteor TT 20! Were you tempted to grab a flyswatter an "whack" the Skypup and Birdman outta the way?

[setter]

Hi

Yes it was tighter than an outhouse in there and I didn't have a wide angle lens but intrepid and stuborn to the end I persevered as always!!!

As an aside the 3 British fighters were resuued from scrapping on Sentosa Island in Singapore many years ago - one of the great recoveries by an amature Australian museum I should think.

Regards
John P

[airnutz]

Yes, for a small "outfit" they are clearly dedicated to their mission! QAM
seems to have very ambitious goals for seemingly austere resources.
Thanx Setter!