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The Australian Fleet Air Arm Museum, formerly known as Australia's Museum of Flight, is a military aerospace museum located at the naval air station HMAS Albatross, near Nowra, New South Wales. The museum was opened in 1990, although efforts to preserve artifacts related to Australia's naval aviation history began in 1974.
HMAS Albatross is the main naval air station for the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) aviation branch, the Fleet Air Arm.The base, located near Nowra, New South Wales, was formally established in May 1942 as Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base RAAF Nowra, then was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Nabbington in 1944, and operated as a naval air station until it was decommissioned in late 1945.
The Fleet Air Arm Museum is devoted to the history of British naval aviation.It has an extensive collection of military and civilian aircraft, aero engines, models of aircraft and Royal Navy ships (especially aircraft carriers), and paintings and drawings related to naval aviation.
Fleet Air Arm Museum: Nowra: South Coast: Aerospace: Located on Naval Air Station Nowra, Australia's naval aviation history including aircraft and helicopters Forbes Historical Museum: Forbes: Central West: Local history: website, operated by the Forbes and District Historical Society Fort Scratchley: Newcastle East: Hunter Region: Military
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre, ... Fleet Air Arm Museum. Aeropark, East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, ...
S-2G Tracker N12-153582 (859), ex BuNo 153582 – Fleet Air Arm Museum, HMAS Albatross, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia [3] S-2G Tracker N12-153566 (854), ex BuNo 153566, was on loan to Gippsland Armed Forces Museum , West Sale Airport , Sale, Victoria , Australia [ 5 ] until June 2016.
Fleet Air Arm Museum (Australia) G. Graham Lodge; M. Meroogal; N. ... Nowra-Bomaderry Jets; S. St John the Evangelist Catholic High School, Nowra; St Michael's ...
A Fleet Air Arm was established on 3 July 1947 by the Commonwealth Defence Council to operate aircraft from these two carriers, and also maintain two former Royal Australian Air Force bases as support facilities: these became HMAS Albatross at Nowra, New South Wales, and HMAS Nirimba at Schofields, New South Wales. [8]