Description
The Queensland Air Museum is a not-for-profit community owned aviation museum located at Caloundra Airport in Queensland, Australia.
Its mission is to collect and preserve all aspects of aviation heritage with an emphasis on Australia and Queensland.
The museum it has the largest collection of historical aircraft in Queensland and it also has a large collection of aircraft engines, equipment, artefacts, photographs and books.
The museum’s aircraft collection is made up of a large variety of aircraft types that represent many aspects of aviation:
- Wicko Cabin Sports VH-UPW replica at the Queensland Air Museum
- Military aircraft represent the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy (RN), Republic of Singapore Air Force and Polish Air Force.
- Passenger aircraft types represent Australian and Papua New Guinean airlines, such as Ansett Airlines, Trans Australian Airlines, Bush Pilots Airways, Queensland Airlines, Queensland Pacific Airways, Airlines of NSW, Airlines of Tasmania, Ansett-MAL and Mandated Airlines.
- Australian designed or produced aircraft are represented by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Wirraway, Winjeel and Sabre, de Havilland Drover and Vampire, Government Aircraft Factory Jindivik, Turana and Canberra, Kingsford Smith Aviation Service Cropmaster, Transavia Airtruk, Victa Airtourer and Calair Skyfox.
- Other aircraft represent agricultural aircraft, training aircraft, helicopters, naval aircraft and de Havilland Aircraft Company types.
The Queensland Air Museum is located at Caloundra Aerodrome on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, approximately 100 km north of Brisbane.
Open Daily (except Christmas Day) 10am – 4pm
Contact
- AddressCaloundra Aerodrome, 7 Pathfinder Drive, Caloundra., QLD
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- CategoryExplore, Local Towns, School Holidays
- LocationBeyond Noosa
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