Who has an aeroplane in their backyard

[goingbush]

I had a job in Wonga Park and found this DH Dove in the customers backyard

http://www.nearmap.com/'ll=-37.766798,145.292799&z=21&t=k&nmd=20111117

A bit of a quick search and I found this derelict DC3 near Bendigo
http://www.nearmap.com/'ll=-36.563757,144.447849&z=21&t=k&nmd=20100130

must go and have a look

[digger]

Half of the people living in Fukishima Japan....


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709791

Yeah sorry a bit poor taste..
I do wonder how that recovery is going over there..

[p38arover]

A bit of a quick search and I found this derelict DC3 near Bendigo
http://www.nearmap.com/'ll=-36.563757,144.447849&z=21&t=k&nmd=20100130

must go and have a look

When one zooms out, one can see what appears to be a derelict runway just south east of the plane.

Not in a backyard but I saw this (what appears to be) derelict jet at a community airport at The Oaks, southwest of Sydney. I saw it as I rode past so had to look it up on NearMap. I know what sort of aircraft it is but I just can't think of it - possibly a Hawker Siddeley HS125. I should ride in and have a look. It looked like it was in old DCA colours.

http://www.nearmap.com/'ll=-34.081934,150.559414&z=20&t=h&nmd=20100507

Wait. I just did a search for DCA HS125 and found this:

http://www.aussieairliners.org/hs-125/vh-cao/vhcao.html

[Sleepy]

This fella has one in his front yard.:eek:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/1285.jpg

Plane beats a garden gnome | Herald Sun (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/plane-beats-a-garden-gnome/story-fn6bfkm6-1225954695974)

[PhilipA]

I knew a guy with a Tiger Moth in his garage in Brisbane.

He had lost his licence for flying under the Storey Bridge and had removed the wings and it just fitted in the garage I assume until his suspension expired . It was airworthy and had been restrutted etc.
This was 40 years ago.
Regards Philip A

[p38arover]

Young people of today probably have no idea why there is a poor facsimile of a plane doing the same thing at Minchinbury at the new(ish) housing estate.

http://www.sydneytravellersguide.com/sydimages/Minchinbury-plane.gif

Many years ago, when it was the Penfolds Minchinbury Estate winery, it was a real Avon Sabre at that location and there was a sign which read "Don't Crash, Drink Penfolds".


Reminder of the winery remain. On Gt. Western Highway. It is a replica of a Sabre Jet Fighter, erected by the winery in 1955 at the entrance to the estate. It's image was used to market the winery with the following slogan: "Don't Crash, Drink Penfolds". The original plane was destroyed in a wind storm and replaced by a replica, which was destroyed by vandals. The current plane, made of plywood and tin, is a replica of the replica.

[oldyella 76]

Only live a few K's from that DC3 and did not know it was there.

[tailslide]

I have parts of an aeroplane taking shape in my garage...

Cheers
Ron

[p38arover]

I have parts of an aeroplane taking shape in my garage..

Tell us more.

[Bigbjorn]

I have a mate who has a Hawker Hart under restoration but not in his backyard, at one of his hangars at a regional airport in Qld. In the past he had a civil reg. P40 and a P51.

[mudmouse]

Hi Ron.

The aircraft at The Oaks is an HS.125 and was last operated by Qantas as a navigational and flight proficiency trainer. It was trucked in, in the mid 80's and is there to stay. Next to it is, or was about 15 years ago, a single seat ex-RAAF Vampire (Fb.9?). Anyway, the Vampire has it's nose snapped off and is lying nearby, but the Goblin engine is there to inspect....

Drop in for a look the next time you're down there, I think it's an open field for ultralights...

Matt.

[Bearman]

Back in the late 70's Ian Mullins an ATC bloke I knew in Mt.Isa was restoring a P39 Aircobra under his high house. This was one of three recovered from Cape York with minimal damage.

[VladTepes]

Never seen a P39 up close - would love to.

[p38arover]

Never seen a P39 up close - would love to.

Parafield last year: Photos: Bell P-39D Airacobra Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Australia---Air/Bell-P-39D-Airacobra/1685828/L/)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/249.jpg

[PhilipA]

I was working for DCA in 1967 and I remember the HS125 wheels up landing.
It caused quite a furore as the pilot was a pilot instructor/inspector for Air Safety Branch.

As well as discipline he would have gotten quite a ribbing.

Regards Philip A

[p38arover]

I was working for DCA in 1967

In 1967, I was a trainee radio technician at DCA's school at Balls Head Rd., Waverton (directly above HMAS Waterhen). DCA Waverton is now a car park.

[goingbush]

Only live a few K's from that DC3 and did not know it was there.

Found some more info

VH-AEQ is stored dismantled on Alvin Petersen's property "Xanadu" in the Kamarooka* State Forest near Bendigo, Victoria. The aircraft still carries the remnants of the markings acquired when it was an advertising sign for the Aeroplane Car Company in Brisbane. The aircraft is in poor condition and for sale. (* previously shown incorrectly as Kwambatook)
Jason Burgess reports that he acquired VH-AEQ on 13MAY06. The aircraft was previously owned by David Hamilton who bought the "Xanadu" property from Alvin Petersen a few years ago. Jason confirms that the aircraft is dismantled and in poor condition. It will be moved to a farm near Swan Hill where Jason already has the cockpit of VH-SBO.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/247.jpg

Glory Days
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/248.jpg

[JDNSW]

Never seen a P39 up close - would love to.

The P39 was one of those ideas that sounded like a good idea at the time. The idea was that maneuverability would be improved if the engine, as the biggest concentrated mass, was at the centre of gravity instead of in the nose, and also would give better pilot visibility. Unfortunately this applies only if all else is equal, which it manifestly was not. Compared to contemporary European aircraft (Spitfire, Hurricane, Bf109, FW190 for example), it was aerodynamically inferior, overweight, underpowered and with poor high altitude performance. In addition, being used in the Pacific thyeatre, since it was the only modern US fighter available in quantity, it was found to overheat on the ground.

Most of them were sent to the USSR as Lend-Lease as soon as they were able to be replaced. The Russians liked them, since they liked cold weather and were better than anything they had themselves.

John

[p38arover]

I wonder if the Airacobra was the first trike U/C single-engined fighter? The P38 was also a trike but it was, as you are aware, a twin

Later edit: I did a search on the 'net and I see that the first fighter credited with trike is the P39 - and the P38! I shall have to check which was built first.

Even later edit: The XP38 first flew in Jan 1939 and the XP39 in April, 1939.

[korg20000bc]

I worked with a bloke who grew up with a Liberator in his neighbour's place. He said it was awesome and fueled many childhood fantasies.
From memory it was in Moe..?
I think I heard that it is now under restoration.

[p38arover]

I worked with a bloke who grew up with a Liberator in his neighbour's place. He said it was awesome and fueled many childhood fantasies.
From memory it was in Moe..?
I think I heard that it is now under restoration.

There is a Liberator being restored down at Werribee. I looked over it a couple of years ago.

Home*|*B-24 Liberator Restoration Australia (http://b24australia.org.au/)

From their site:

http://b24australia.org.au/uploads/pics/restore_b24_10.jpg

I was annoyed with myself for losing/tossing out during a move some years back, a B24 ground crew aircraft erection manual that was about 3 inches thick.

[korg20000bc]

There is a Liberator being restored down at Werribee. I looked over it a couple of years ago.

Home*|*B-24 Liberator Restoration Australia (http://b24australia.org.au/)


I was annoyed with myself for losing/tossing out during a move some years back, a B24 ground crew aircraft erection manual that was about 3 inches thick.
Oh no!

[stallie]

13-odd years ago, I remember a delta wing jet (Mirage possibly?) of some sort in a suburban house in Williamstown/Altona (Melbourne). You could see it over the fence. They had built a small shed/room over the cockpit IIRC.

[Mick_Marsh]

This fella has one in his front yard.:eek:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/1285.jpg

Plane beats a garden gnome | Herald Sun (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/plane-beats-a-garden-gnome/story-fn6bfkm6-1225954695974)
Might be this one I've driven past a few times.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=42274&stc=1&d=1325760679

[cjc_td5]

A couple of Grummans (I believe) in a paddock near Nowra.

CC

[isuzutoo-eh]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/07/419.jpg
There's four, maybe 5 at the base of my favourite track :)

[DanS333]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/07/419.jpg
There's four, maybe 5 at the base of my favourite track :)

Hi,
Just wondering where these aircraft are located?
Cheers, Dan

[isuzutoo-eh]

A private property west of the Blue Mtns, a bit north of Lithgow.

[jakephoto]

I'm a photographer at Herald Sun and we are currently looking for people who have quirky things in their yards, especially airplanes. Could you give me the locations of these planes (the one in Wonga Park and the one north of Bendigo?)

[jakephoto]

What have you got? Herald Sun might be interested in doing a story

[JDNSW]

There's a DC-3 in the yaard of a place at Larras Lee, west of Molong on the Mitchell Hwy. You can see it from the road.

John

[mudmouse]

I think that's one of Peter Smarts(?), who was the owner of Dakota National Air. He had a few of them on his property and gradually sold them off.

I understood he owned land near Molong, so that's my guess.

Matt.

[superquag]

We'd all love to help... but first you've got to go out an buy yourself a Land Rover before anyone is allowed to.....:Rolling:

[JDNSW]

I think that's one of Peter Smarts(?), who was the owner of Dakota National Air. He had a few of them on his property and gradually sold them off.

I understood he owned land near Molong, so that's my guess.

Matt.

Yes, I seem to remember that name on it.

John

[bbyer]

I noticed that none of the pictures in the thread were winter pictures.

To provide some balance, I thought I would provide both a summer and winter picture of my Beech Musketeer; as a bonus, you also get my LR3.:D

For amusement, since it is too cold to fly, today I wanted to make a bit of a change in my CCF file but due I guess to the cold, my battery charger would not charge. It is a new fancy electronic type and would appear to be designed to be used either indoors or in the summer.

While fooling around with the charger, the cable between my laptop and the OBD plug got brittle, kind of like an icicle. I decided that all things considered, maybe the 3 was not designed to be flashed outdoors at -39C, near -40F. It would appear that I am going to have to wait a month or so til it warms up a bit.

Hence time to read forum threads and post pictures.:angel:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=73302&d=1393218006


http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=73303&d=1393218130

[87County]

I don't think many here would like that winter, although lots of Aussies spent time there in WW2 (flying Tiger Moths in the BCATP/EATS).

[DeanoH]

I noticed that none of the pictures in the thread were winter pictures.

To provide some balance, I thought I would provide both a summer and winter picture of my Beech Musketeer......................................:D



In the interests of a bit more balance, to complement your 'before' shots here's an 'after' shot of my (I was a passenger) Beechcraft Musketeer from waaaaaaaaay back in 1973 (I think). :D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/129.jpg (http://s540.photobucket.com/user/DeanoH/media/musketeer.jpg.html)


I've posted this before but couldn't help myself. :D:D:D


Deano :)

[bbyer]

I don't think many here would like that winter, although lots of Aussies spent time there in WW2 (flying Tiger Moths in the BCATP/EATS).
The seven names near the bottom of the plaque may be known to some of the AULRO people. This plaque is at the local cemetery located near the Claresholm British Commonwealth Air Training Base in southern Alberta, (located about 150 km north of the US border).

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/120.jpg

Towards the bottom of the article re the link below, there are two additional pictures and a bit of a writeup as to the events surrounding the fate of the Australians airmen listed.

BCATP Station Claresholm (http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/bcatpclaresholm.html)






https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/121.jpg

A picture of the gates referred to is on this link below. To us in Canada, Australia is not all that distant.
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/bcatp.html)


This material is a result of the efforts of the people of the Bomber Command Museum of Canada, located in Nanton Alberta, a small town about forty km north of Claresholm which is also a small town. Canada is still primarily a collection of small towns and wide open spaces.

Bomber Command Museum of Canada (http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/index.html)

[87County]

bbyer, I see you guys are sending your Lancaster to England for the summer, enthusiasts can even buy rides on display runs, it would be a noisy flight across the pond :)

[87County]

Here's the link

RAF BBMF To Host Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster During Visit To England (http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/raf-bbmf-to-host-canadian-warplane-heritage-museum-lancaster-during-visit-to-england-24022014)

[bbyer]

Here is a link at the Canadian end. As might be expected, the Lancaster will fly the North West staging route of WWII across the Atlantic - from Goose Bay in Newfoundland to Greenland, then Iceland to Scotland and finally at journeys ends to RAF Coningsby on August 8, 2014.

This link also has some pretty good pictures of the bomber from rebuild to current.
Canada's Lancaster bomber to cross Atlantic for U.K. tour - Latest Hamilton news - CBC Hamilton (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/canada-s-lancaster-bomber-to-cross-atlantic-for-u-k-tour-1.2546757)


This link is to RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
RAF Coningsby - About us (http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafconingsby/aboutus/index.cfm)


Hamilton's Lancaster bomber marks 25 years back in the sky - Latest Hamilton news - CBC Hamilton (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/hamilton-s-lancaster-bomber-marks-25-years-back-in-the-sky-1.1866309)

[42rangie]

I was at Hamilton when they flew the Lancaster in the late '80's. This was just after it was rebuilt. I have some pretty cool VHS footage of it in formation with a Spitfire and a Hurricane.

Returned again a few months later when they put on a full airshow.

I love old iron!

Les

[LRDan]

Earlier someone mentioned the 3's in Molong.

Here is a photo at the strip from last year *drools*
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/03/706.jpg

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