Camden Museum of Aviation

24/03/2026

A request was made for some images of our CAC Wirraway (A20-685) cockpit we hope these images will help. Note the aircrafts pitot tube is sitting on the front seat it needs to be reinstalled.

21/03/2026

26/02/2026

Two more videos from Rick Hanning of the collection from 1996. The first video shows the collection Beaufighter A8-186, and the second video shows some of the collections cockpits. Again, thanks to Rick for sharing these videos with us.

17/02/2026

An interesting video of the collection from 1996, the video was gratefully sent to us from Rick Hanning.

The video shows progress on the Mosquito restoration and a wingless Vengeance, the wings had been removed in the late 1980's to get it out of the hangar for engine runs. The video also includes some footage of Harold Thomas.

If people out there have video footage of the collection in the past copies would be appreciated.

23/11/2025

23/11/2025

The collections Avro Anson R9883 was Built by Avro England for the RAF and was transferred to the RAAF in October 1940 as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme and issued to 1 ANS (Air Navigation School). R9883 was also operated by 1WAGS (Wireless Air Gunners School) and 2AOS (Air Observers School) during WWII. In November 1944 it was completely overhauled by Ansett Airways and offered to the RNZAF in 1945 but was not taken up. It was sold to Adastra Airways Pty Ltd in August 1946 under the civil registration VH-AVT and later VH-AGA, it was later used for survey work by Sepal Pty Ltd (a division of Adastra-Hunting Geophysics Ltd) and in September 1963, Adastra Airways donated the Anson to the museum after it was removed from the register for spar issues.

More information and pictures can be found at: https://www.adastra.adastron.com/aircraft/anson/vh-aga.htm

12/10/2025

A8-186 was built in Australia by the Department of Aircraft Production during 1945 and delivered to 5AD RAAF. It operated with 22 Squadron based at Moratai during July 1945. On 21 September 1945, A8-186 was flown to Ambon by F/O Williams and F/S Woodford this was the last recorded 22 Squadron operation. Later in 1945 A8-186 was stored at GTU Wagga and in 1947 she was approved for conversion to Instructional Aircraft No 8, finally being retired from RAAF service in 1949.

A8-186 was saved from being scrapped after being purchased in 1950 by Mr W Strong and it lay at his wheat property at Boree Creek, NSW, until purchased by the museum in 1965. The Beaufighter was restored with engines from a crashed Bristol Freighter and outer wings from South Australia.

A8-186 is finished in foliage green as "Beau-gunsville" as flown by No 22 Squadron from Moratai 1945 (we are not sure if those markings were on this actual aircraft during its service life).

17/08/2025

The LVT-4 out on the lawn. It does run and move on its own.

The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) is an amphibious warfare vehicle and amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy. The United States, Canadian, British and Australian armies used LVT models during World War II.

18/01/2025

From our collection of photographs are some images of the Fairey Rotodyne, including some of it under construction.

The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military uses. A development of the earlier Fairey Jet Gyrodyne, which had established a world helicopter speed record, the Rotodyne featured a tip-jet-powered rotor that burned a mixture of fuel and compressed air bled from two wing-mounted Napier Eland turboprops. The rotor was driven for vertical takeoffs, landings and hovering, as well as low-speed translational flight, but autorotated during cruise flight with all engine power applied to two propellers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Rotodyne