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Grumman Avenger TBF-1 NZ2527 1943 torpedo bomber, on loan for some time to the Confederate Air Force at Dairy Flat, the aircraft was towed across the harbour bridge to Motat for a full restoration in the museum's workshop before display in the main hangar. The hydraulic system can be used to extend and retract the wings, and open and close the ...
The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) is a transport and technology museum located in Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand. It is located close to the Western Springs Stadium, Auckland Zoo and the Western Springs Park. The museum has large collections of civilian and military aircraft and other land transport vehicles.
A model of the Airtruck at MOTAT.. Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66 [1]. General characteristics. Crew: 1 pilot, seats for two loaders Length: 25 ft 8 in (7.82 m)
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history ... Aviation accidents and incidents by aircraft manufacturer (3 C) Aircraft ...
The company also provided the Luftwaffe with an outstanding night fighter, the Heinkel He 219, which also suffered from politics and was produced only in limited numbers, but was the first Luftwaffe front-line aircraft to use retractable tricycle gear for its undercarriage design, and the world's first front-line military aircraft to use ...
It was the first aircraft produced by the company to be mass-produced as well as one of the first German military aircraft of the First World War to become fairly well known amongst the general public of the era. [1] It was a development of the Aviatik B.I and B.II models, being one of first aircraft of the new German C class of armed biplanes.
The Airtourer was the winning design, submitted by Henry Millicer, the chief aerodynamicist of Australia's Government Aircraft Factories, [1] in a competition organised by Britain's Royal Aero Club in 1953. [2]
Breguet was engaged in the rearmament efforts during the late 1930s, producing numerous military aircraft in the run-up to and during the Second World War. [1] After resuming normal operations in the immediate postwar climate, the company largely focused on the development of commercial transports and other large aircraft designs. On 4 May 1955 ...