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Group of boys with model planes, rear of Barrett's Orchard/Farm, Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough Lake Macquarie, NSW. 1935
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…Media … Group of boys with model planes, rear of Barrett's Orchard/Farm, Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough Lake Macquarie, NSW. 1935 … Photo Ref: 4314 … Creators:… Laycock, Mr Ken … Laycock, Mrs Freda … Original caption: Rear: Fred Barrett, Len Holmes. Front: Leo Finch, Ken Laycock.…
Retrieving Supermarine Seagull V A2-12 from Lake Macquarie. According to the plane’s log: ‘Damaged when the fuel cap came off during take off and fuel splashed on the engine and the aircraft caught fire. It landed and was towed ashore. All four mainplanes, tailplane and rudder burnt’. A2-12 was assigned to Seaplane Training Flight when the accident occurred, then assigned to 9 Squadron following repair. Planes were assigned to RAAF units on the basis of maintenance, repair and operational needs.
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…According to the plane’s log: ‘Damaged when the fuel cap came off during take off and fuel splashed on the engine and the aircraft caught fire. It landed and was towed ashore. All four mainplanes, tailplane and rudder burnt’.……Planes were assigned to RAAF units on the basis of maintenance, repair and…
Plane coming in to land at Pelican Airport, Belmont
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…Media … Plane coming in to land at Pelican Airport, Belmont … Photo Ref: 25689 … Creators:… Lambert, Mr Con (Constant) … Lambert, Mr Paul … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … aeropl…
September 2003 Felix Catalina at Coffs Harbour. Plane has alternately been identified as a Lockheed Constellation
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…Plane has alternately been identified as a Lockheed Constellation … Photo Ref: 5188 … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … airshow … aviation … bellinger instruments … boat … catalina … …
Plane on ramp at former Rathmines Air Base. Photograph taken at an event c1969.
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…Media … Plane on ramp at former Rathmines Air Base. Photograph taken at an event c1969.…
Small plane, believed to be a Buccaneer Amphibian, at an event at Rathmines Air Base c1975
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…Media … Small plane, believed to be a Buccaneer Amphibian, at an event at Rathmines Air Base c1975 … Photo Ref: 25655 … Creators:… Lambert, Mr Con (Constant) … Lambert, Mr Paul … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unporte…
Lake Macquarie Miniature Aircraft Club Inc participant Ron Bowdige pictured here with model plane at Teralba, March 2009.
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…Media … Lake Macquarie Miniature Aircraft Club Inc participant Ron Bowdige pictured here with model plane at Teralba, March 2009.…
Small plane, believed to be a Buccaneer Amphibian, at an event at Rathmines Air Base c1975
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…Media … Small plane, believed to be a Buccaneer Amphibian, at an event at Rathmines Air Base c1975 … Photo Ref: 25657 … Creators:… Lambert, Mr Con (Constant) … Lambert, Mr Paul … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unporte…
Talking About the Past Around Wyee
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…He crashed a plane just over the road near here, only a couple of hundred yards away. He'd only just got his light plane licence to fly solo. My brother-in- … law and myself were out in the backyard - either killing chooks or cleaning fish, one or the other.……He crashed a plane just over the road near…
Hospital building, Rathmines Air Base, Rathmines, Lake Macquarie NSW. c.1945
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…Rathmines Air Base, Rathmines, Lake Macquarie NSW. c.1945 … Photo Ref: 20469 … Creator: Elliot, Mr Warwick … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … air base … air force … catalinas … hospital … planes……rathmines … sea…

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