The Cutis P-40 was the primary USAAF fighter at the time of the Japanese fleet's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

13 800 were built between early 1939 and December 1944, and used in virtually every theatre of conflict during WWII.

The RAAF operated approximately 800 P40's during WWII.

The P40 appearing this year is in pristine condition following a complete restoration project taking 8 years, and is owned by Alan Arthur of Albury NSW. The photo to the left is by Graham Orphan of "Classic Wings Magazine".

Designed and built in 117 days in 1940, the Mustangs were initially powered by an 1150 HP Allison engine. When powered in 1943 by a the Packard built Rolls Royce motor, a thoroughbred fighter was born.

The Merlin engineered Mustang has often been described as the finest all round fighter of World War 11, and was the first fighter capable of escorting Allied bombers deep into Germany from England. The Mustang will always be regarded as one of the greatest!

Designed as an advanced trainer, pilots would initially learn on Tiger Moths or Stearman Biplanes, progress to the harvard before learning to fly combat aircraft like the Mustang and Avenger

The Harvard first flew in 1939 and at production end in 1954, over 17000 had been made. From 1940 to 1955 nearly all British and American military pilots would have had some training on T-6/Harvards

The Tiger Moth is perhaps the most famous Biplane in the world. First flying in 1931 the Tiger was a 2 place Biplane designed as a basic trainer

Accepted by the RAAF in 1932, production ended in 1945 after 8492 had been made in seven countries including Ausralia.

Chris was born in Ceduna and began flying in 1960 at Parafield. He has won the Australian Unlimited Aerobatic Title thirteen times and is the only pilot in the Southern Hemisphere approved to carry out the "Inverted Ribbon Cut" , and is approved to fly down to zero feet.

The Chipmunk was designed in Canada as a basic trainer and first flew in 1946. De Havilland built 1928 Chipmunks in both Canada and England.

The Chippettes Formation Flying Team was formed in 2001 by Jim Whalley, Mike Hannel and Marc Michell.

The Yak 52 is a fully aerobatic basic trainer designed in the former Soviet Union, today these aircraft are made under licence in Romania

The Yak is classified as an advanced aerobatic trainer, several varients are available, even a tail dragger, and the aircraft imported into Australia can vary from ex military to brand new.

Designed and built in China, the CJ-6 is an advanced copy of the Russian Yak 18 and is still in use with the Chinese Military. A basic 2 seat trainer, these aircraft were built to simulate the handling characteristics of the MIG 15 Jest.

The imortal DC-3 was the last word in speed, comfort and reliability when she entered service in December 1935. It was designed to carry 21 passengers 1480 miles at 195mph.

The DC-3 is also affectionatley called the Skytrain, Gooney Bird, Magic Dragon and Spooky.

The Trojan was the North American successor to the T6, the T-28 was first flown in 1949 and used by the USAF

Many of these aircraft saw combat in Vietman as ground support with the Sth Vietnamese Air Force.

Mark Hollowell has had a long association with this industry working with the team that created the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge fireworks spectaculars.

A Lovely old "Lady"   Beech 18 

The aircraft's uses have included aerial spraying, sterile bug release, fish seeding, dry ice cloud seeding, firefighting, airborne mail pick up and drop, ambulance service, numerous movie productions, skydiving, freight, gun- and drug-smuggling, engine test bed, skywriting and banner towing. A number of Model 18s were operated as passenger aircraft; the Model 18 was the first aircraft flown by Philippine Airlines, Asia's first and oldest airline. Many are now in private hands as prized collectibles.

Two Boomerangs remain airworthy today, both in Australia: CA-12 A46-122 "Suzy Q" (VH-MHR) with the Temora Aviation Museum and A46-206 which was formerly with Lynette Zuccoli at Toowoomba until donated to the Museum of Australian Army Flying at the Army Aviation Base located at the nearby town of Oakey. A full-scale, airworthy replica with many original parts is based in the United States. Several others are under restoration to fly in both Australia and the USA. This includes A46-90 which is currently being restored to airworthy status.

The Wirraway differed from the U.S. trainer prototype in having an armed capability, with provision for two fixed forward machine guns of rifle calibre above the engine, and a flexible machine gun of similar calibre in the rear cockpit. Light bomb racks could be fitted under the wings.

It was a sign of the straits the RAAF was in at the time that a general purpose trainer should be built with these provisions, due to a lack of funding for purpose-built fighters and bombers. 755 were built between 1939 and mid-1946.

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