Fighter World
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Fighter World is an Australian aviation museum. Its purpose is to preserve the history of fighter operations of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and it has a large collection of aircraft, most of which are fighters once operated by the RAAF. It is located at RAAF Base Williamtown near Newcastle, New South Wales.
Aviation collection
Australian
- RAAF Gloster Meteor A77-875[1]
- RAAF de Havilland Vampire A79-1[2]
- RAAF Avon Sabre A94-951[3]
- RAAF Avon Sabre A94-959[4][5]
- RAAF CAC Winjeel A85-428[6]
- RAAF Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile[7]
- RAAF Aermacchi MB-326H A7-062[8]
- RAAF Dassault Mirage IIIO A3-3[9]
- RAAF Dassault Mirage IIID A3-102[10]
- RAAF General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark[11]
- Royal Australian Navy GAF Jindivik target drone N11-750 [12]
International
- Royal Air Force/Republic of Singapore Air Force Hawker Hunter[13]
- Polish Air Force Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21UM 'Mongol B' painted as a member of the Indian Air Force Red Scorchers aerobatic team[14]
Replica
- Fokker Dr.I Triplane (Two-thirds replica painted as Josef Jacobs's aircraft of the Luftstreitkräfte)[15]
- Boeing-Stearman Model 75 (One-third scale replica painted as a Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft of the Empire Air Training Scheme)[16]
- Messerschmitt Bf 109F (Replica painted as the aircraft of Oberleutnant Carl Hans Roders of the Luftwaffe)[17]
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII (Replica painted as a No. 79 Squadron RAAF aircraft)[18]
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI (Replica painted as a No. 127 Squadron RAF aircraft)[18]
- Bristol Beaufighter cockpit (Replica painted as the nose of A19-50 'Wendy Joy II' of No. 30 Squadron RAAF)[19]
References
- ^ "Gloster Meteor". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "deHavilland Vampire A79-1". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "CAC CA27 Avon Sabre". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "The Raymond Terrace Sabre". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Norris, Sam (5 April 2016). "Williamtown Fighter World unveils restored Sabre Fighter Jet". Port Stephens Examiner. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "CAC Winjeel". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Bristol Bloodhound Mk1". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Macchi". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Mirage IIIO/D Display". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Dassault Mirage IIID". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "F-111C". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "GAF Jindivik". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Hawker Hunter". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "MiG 21". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Fokker DR-1 Triplane". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Stearman". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "BF-109F". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Supermarine Spitfire Replicas". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Bristol Beaufighter Cockpit Display". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
External links
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