Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:10 am
In 1936, the Victorian Government purchased 140 acres for the establishment of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) with a factory in Lorimer Street and an airstrip extending from where the AMRL main gate now stands.
The CAC built 1683 aircraft from this Lorimer Street factory and flew them out from this airstrip, the fourth to be built in the Fishermen's Bend area.