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Central Australian Aviation Museum

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Visit Central Australia’s Aviation Museum precinct and meet some of the industry’s Heroes, Visionaries and Villains through the informative displays which celebrate the spirit, determination and courage of the people behind the stories.
Aero Medical DOVE aircraft used for medical flights & DC3 used for evacuations
Portraits of Hitchcock and Anderson behind remains of their plane in diorama
Try your hand on the Flight Simulator - volunteers are there to help.
Kids can get hands-on with flying machines and equipment.
Past aviators share their stories and tell t how it was. Bookings a must.
A broken propellor didn't stop Outback legend, Kurt Johansson from flying back to base camp.
the Heritage listed, Connellan Hangar, sits on the site of the town's first aerodrome.
Fit for Chancellor! Used by Adenauer after WW2 it was repurposed by Connellans for passengers.
Aero-medicals flights were undertaken in Drover aircrafts which flew across Outback Australia
Mechanical parts and equipment to make aviation tragics' hearts fly - displays in original workshop.
The Aviation precinct is located on the original site of Alice Springs‘s first aerodrome, known as Townsite, established by visionary, EJ Connellan and his team of committed ‘troops’. The first flight into the Alice Springs landed nearby. The original Connellan Airways hangar is Heritage listed.

Get up close to iconic aircraft as well as the Silver Ghost Rolls Royce modified for clearing bush landing strips (yes…that’s correct), fly a simulator, try your hand at Morse Code and hear stories about ‘how it was’ from past pilots and crews.

View the evocative Kookaburra diorama display near where, Heroes, Hitchcock and Anderson took off in the Kookaburra plane to search for Smithy’s Southern Cross. Their forced landing in forbidding, remote country ended in disaster.

Meet a Villain who 50 years ago hijacked an ANSETT flight to Alice Springs – see how it played out.

We haven’t forgotten the kids. Teachers/parents can download class packages and/or activity sheets. Or ask for one at the counter.

Allow plenty of time as there’s lots to see.

The Aviation precinct is volunteer run and open Wednesdays to Sundays from 11am to 3pm. Entry is by donation.
Information

Website

www.centralaustralianaviationmuseum.org.au

Address

6 Memorial Avenue, Northern Territory, 0870

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