The South Australian Aviation Museum, located in Port Adelaide, South Australia, is an aviation museum which displays aircraft, aircraft engines, and rockets of relevance to South Australia, and the history of aviation and the aerospace industry in Australia.
History The museum's origins can be traced to 1984 when it was started by a group of enthusiasts interested in aviation history and aircraft restoration. In 1990 it became the official aviation museum for South Australia when it was awarded Provisional Accreditation by the History Trust of South Australia. The following year it became responsible for the State's historical aviation collection.
In 1996 the museum became the home of the heritage rocket collection associated with the Woomera Test Range in the period 1950–1980. The heritage rocket collection is the property of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.
Following several moves, the museum was set up at its present site in 2006. A second hangar was added in 2017 to accommodate the museum's growing collection of aircraft, engines and associated displays.
Collection Aircraft on display
Aero Commander 680 VH-PSG BAe 146-300 VH-NJL Bell OH-58A Kiowa A17-010 CAC CA-30 A7-026 Cessna CC-1 – replica GAF Mirage IIID A3-115 de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou A4-225 de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth 1074 de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.31 A79-202 de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom FAW.53 WZ931 Douglas C-47B Dakota A65-114 English Electric Canberra B.2 WK165 English Electric Canberra T.4 WD954 Fokker F-27-109 Friendship VH-CAT GAF Jindivik N11-752 – target drone General Dynamics F-111C A8-132 Gloster Meteor F.8 A77-851 – cockpit Hall Cherokee II VH-GPR Lockheed AP-3C Orion A9-756 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 A21-32 Piper PA-24-250 Comanche VH-DOL Shepard CS2 Supermarine Spitfire Vc A58-146 Van's RV-4 VH-NOJ Westland Wessex HAS.31B N7-224
Engines on display
Allison T56A-11A Allison T56A-14 Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IX Armstrong Siddeley Lynx V Blackburn Cirrus I Blackburne Tomtit de Havilland Gipsy Queen Gnome Monosoupape Hispano-Suiza 8 Lycoming LF507-1H Lycoming O-540 Packard Liberty L-12 Packard V-1650 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3 Pratt & Whitney R-985 Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN2 Wasp Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Rolls-Royce Avon Rolls-Royce Derwent Rolls-Royce Kestrel Rolls-Royce Merlin III Rolls-Royce Nene Walter Minor 6-111 Westinghouse J34 Wittber engine
Aircraft under restoration
Avro Anson I EF954/AW965 Fairey Battle N2188
See also List of aerospace museums
References
External links
South Australian Aviation Museum