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The CAC Boomerang is a fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation between 1942 and 1945. Approved for production shortly following the Empire of Japan's entry into the Second World War, the Boomerang was rapidly designed as to meet the urgent demands for fighter aircraft to equip the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
The CAC Wirraway is 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 the North American NA-16 training aircraft. The Wirraway has been credited as being the foundation of Australian aircraft manufacturing.
CAC Boomerang. Shortly after the establishment of CAC, Mascot-based Tugan Aircraft was purchased. This led to Lawrence Wackett joining the company; he immediately became the General Manager. It is almost entirely due to Wackett's efforts that the Wirraway became the first aircraft produced by CAC. In 1935 Wackett had led a technical mission to ...
Fred David worked on several projects throughout the war but his most technically advanced aircraft never got past the prototype stage, the CAC CA-15 Kangaroo piston fighter. The project was commissioned in early 1943 to overcome the speed and aeronautical limitations of the CAC Boomerang but the prototype did not fly until March 1946. [2]
Lawrence Wackett (1896–1982) – "father of the Australian aircraft industry", lead designer of the CAC Boomerang; Gerhard Waibel (born 1938) – sailplane designer; Dwane Wallace (1911–1989) – early Cessna CEO and designer [4] Richard Walker (1900–1982) – main designer for jet aircraft of Gloster Aircraft Company; Barnes Wallis (1887 ...
Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) donated a de Havilland Tiger Moth in mid-1963, and the year was rounded out by recovering a CAC Wirraway from the dump at East Sale RAAF base. Early in 1964, most of the collection was moved to a service station north of Lilydale, where the Wacket was put on display where it remained until moved to Moorabin .
The Winchendon CAC is making the former Playaway Lanes available for public bowling on Fridays and Saturdays, with all proceeds going to support the nonprofit's programs in the community.
No. 4 Squadron Boomerang fighter and ground crew in New Guinea, October 1943 The squadron's initial task in New Guinea was to support the American and Australian forces in the Battle of Buna-Gona . Until the end of the war the squadron operated in the army co-operation role, providing ground forces with artillery observation, reconnaissance and ...