RAAF Museum is the official museum of the

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, the second oldest air force in the world, located at

RAAF Williams RAAF Williams is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base set across two locations, at Point Cook and Laverton, located approximately south-west of the Melbourne central business district in Victoria, Australia. Both establishm ...

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which is the oldest continuously operating Military Air Base in the world. The museum displays aircraft of significance to the RAAF from its inception as the Australian Flying Corps to the present. At the direction of Air Marshal Sir George Jones, the RAAF Museum was formed in 1952 and fell under the administration of Headquarters Point Cook until 1988 when it became a separate unit of the RAAF. It is currently overseen by the force's Air Training Wing.

Entry

Entry to the museum is free. The operating hours are Tuesday to Friday 10am - 3pm, Weekends and Public Holidays 10am - 5pm. The museum is closed on Mondays, Christmas Day, and Good Friday. RAAF Williams (Point Cook) is a working military facility so adult visitors are required to produce photo identification and sign in to gain entry.

Aircraft on display

Not all of the Museum's collection is permanently exhibited. Among those on display are:

Static display

Some of the aircraft, helicopters and missiles displayed in different exhibitions are:

Replica Aircraft

* Bristol Boxkite * Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 * Deperdussin 1910 monoplane

Training Hangar

De Havilland Tiger Moth (A17-711) at the RAAF Museum

* Maurice Farman MF.11 Shorthorn *

Avro 504K The Avro 504 was a First World War biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during the war totalled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind tha ...

de Havilland Tiger Moth The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraf ...

de Havilland Vampire The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter which was developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was the second jet fighter to be operated by the RAF, after the Gloster Meteor, and the first to be powered by ...

T Mk 35 * CAC Winjeel * Pacific Aerospace Corporation CT/4A * Aermacchi MB-326H

Technology Hangar

Supermarine Walrus The Supermarine Walrus (originally designated the Supermarine Seagull V) was a British single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell and manufactured by Supermarine at Woolston, Southampton. The Walrus f ...

* Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 * Douglas Boston * de Havilland Vampire F.30 * UH-1B Iroquois *

Bristol Bloodhound The Bristol Bloodhound is a British ramjet powered surface-to-air missile developed during the 1950s. It served as the UK's main air defence weapon into the 1990s and was in large-scale service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the forces of ...

SAM

Hangar 180

* CAC Boomerang *

Consolidated Catalina The Consolidated PBY Catalina is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft that was produced in the 1930s and 1940s. In Canadian service it was known as the Canso. It was one of the most widely used seaplanes of World War II. Catalinas served wit ...

* GAF Pika * GAF Jindivik * Hawker Demon * Avro 643 Cadet * de Havilland DH.84 Dragon *

Bell UH-1 Iroquois The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helico ...

Cessna O-1 Bird Dog The Cessna L-19/O-1 Bird Dog is a liaison and observation aircraft. It was the first all-metal fixed-wing aircraft ordered for and by the United States Army following the Army Air Forces' separation from it in 1947. The Bird Dog had a lengthy ...

* Sikorsky S-51 Dragonfly * CAC Sabre

Outdoors

Lockheed C-130A Hercules (A97-214) at the RAAF Museum

* Lockheed C-130E Hercules * Lockheed C-130H Hercules *

Hawker Siddeley HS 748 The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 is a medium-sized turboprop airliner originally designed and initially produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Avro. It was the last aircraft to be developed by Avro prior to its absorption by Hawker Siddele ...

Bristol Freighter The Bristol Type 170 Freighter is a British twin-engine aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as both a freighter and airliner. Its best known use was as an air ferry to carry cars and their passengers over relatively s ...

Lockheed P-3 Orion The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engined, turboprop Anti-submarine warfare, anti-submarine and maritime patrol aircraft, maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed Corporation, Lockh ...

missile (and launcher) *

de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou The de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (designated by the United States military as the CV-2 and later C-7 Caribou) is a Canadian specialized cargo aircraft with short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability. The Caribou was first flown in 1958 ...

Strike Aircraft Hangar

* McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom * General Dynamics F-111G * GAF Canberra

Aircraft in storage

Currently non-displayed aircraft include: * Avro 707A WD280 *

CAC Wirraway The CAC Wirraway (an Aboriginal word meaning "challenge") was a training and general purpose military aircraft manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) between 1939 and 1946. It was an Australian development of ...

Douglas C-47 Dakota The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota ( RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, and SAAF designation) is a military transport aircraft A military transport aircraft, military cargo aircraft or airlifter is a military-owned transport aircraft used to su ...

A65-78 *

Gloster Meteor T.7 The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered ...

* Gloster Meteor F.8 * CAC Winjeel *

Lockheed Neptune The Lockheed P-2 Neptune (designated P2V by the United States Navy prior to September 1962) is a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. It was developed for the US Navy by Lockheed to replace the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura and P ...

North American Harvard The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces ...

Lockheed Ventura The Lockheed Ventura is a twin-engine medium bomber and patrol bomber of World War II. The Ventura first entered combat in Europe as a bomber with the RAF in late 1942. Designated PV-1 by the United States Navy (US Navy), it entered combat in 1 ...

* de Havilland Vampire T.35 *

General Dynamics F-111C The General Dynamics F-111C (nicknamed "Pig") is a variant of the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark, F-111 Aardvark medium-range interdictor and fighter bomber, tactical strike aircraft, developed by General Dynamics to meet Australian requiremen ...

(A8-125)

Flying display

The museum conducts an interactive flying display at 1pm (1300) every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday for visitors.Interactive Flying Displays
/ref> Aircraft include the museum's own CA-18 Mustang, North American Harvard, CAC Winjeel, CT4A Trainer, DH Tiger Moth, Replica Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 and Replica Sopwith Pup. Also visiting aircraft from other museums and operators participate in these displays, once the flying display is completed the pilots land and then hold an interactive discussion with the spectators answering any questions they may have. The RAAF

Roulettes The Roulettes are the Royal Australian Air Force's formation aerobatic display team. They provide about 150 flying displays a year, in Australia and in friendly countries around the Southeast Asian region. The Roulettes form part of the RAAF ...

aerobatic display team perform at least twice annually replacing the normal Sunday interactive display, performance dates are shared via Social media.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raaf Museum History of the Royal Australian Air Force Aerospace museums in Australia Air force museums Museums in Melbourne Museums established in 1952 Military and war museums in Australia 1952 establishments in Australia Military history of Victoria (Australia) Buildings and structures in the City of Wyndham