Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia)

The Western Australian division of the association acquired a Mark 22 Supermarine Spitfire from England in 1959 and erected it on a pole outside its headquarters in Perth. On 1 December 1962 the association acquired an Avro Lancaster from the French. Many other exhibits of interest to association members and the public were obtained in the following years. With financial assistance from the Western Australian Government a museum building was erected at the association's memorial estate in Bull Creek, officially opening in November 1979. In order to house the Avro Lancaster and a Douglas Dakota, the association raised funds and erected a second museum building that was opened in December 1983. Since then many smaller buildings have been added, including a 48,000 book library, photo lab, workshop, model repair shop and technical library. The museum acquired a Tornado in 2022 and a Hornet in 2023. == Gallery ==

The following exhibits are on static display in the museum: • Parasol • Percival Proctor Mk. III • RotorWay Scorpion helicopter • Supermarine Spitfire Mk. 22 • Tandem unmanned aerial vehicle for mining applications Aircraft replicas • Bristol Tourer • Hawker Hurricane - 5/8 scale • Santos-Dumont Demoiselle • Sopwith Camel • Bede BD-5 • Sandhawk missile & launcher • Supermarine Spitfire (outside, at the entrance) Engines • Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major • Armstrong Siddeley Genet Minor • Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah • Blackburne Tomtit • Blackburn Cirrus • Pratt & Whitney Wasp • Rolls-Royce Avon • Rolls-Royce Dart • Rolls-Royce Derwent • Rolls-Royce Griffon • Rolls-Royce Merlin • Sunbeam DYAK 1 (First Qantas engine) • Wright Whirlwind • Wright Cyclone • Wright R-3350 • Armstrong Siddeley Mamba • Rolls-Royce Nene • Rolls-Royce Viper • Turbomeca Turmo The museum specimen of the R-3350 is the no. 1 engine from a C-121G Super Constellation from NASA, registration N421NA. This Constellation flew between Geraldton and the Carnarvon satellite tracking station in support of the Apollo space program. Artefacts • Remains from the NASA Skylab. These were found in Western Australia, after Skylab's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere in 1979. ==See also==