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Registration / Serial:WD827
Aircraft Original Type:Fairey Firefly
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairey Firefly
Aircraft Version:Fairey Firefly AS6
C/n (msn):F.8655
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Collection:Moorabbin Air Museum
Event:Open Cockpit Weekend 2025
Photo Date:15 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Photo ID:879521Submit Correction
View count: 11
Originally delivered to the Royal Navy for the Royal Australian Navy and shipped to Australia in 1950 aboard HMAS Sydney. Served until 1956 when sold to the Australian Air League in Sydney. Acquired by the Moorabbin Air Museum in 1973.
Registration / Serial:WD827
Aircraft Version:Fairey Firefly AS6
C/n (msn):F.8655
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Registration / Serial:WD827
Aircraft Original Type:Fairey Firefly
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairey Firefly
Aircraft Version:Fairey Firefly AS6
C/n (msn):F.8655
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Collection:Moorabbin Air Museum
Event:Open Cockpit Weekend 2025
Photo Date:15 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Photo ID:879521Submit Correction
View count: 11
Originally delivered to the Royal Navy for the Royal Australian Navy and shipped to Australia in 1950 aboard HMAS Sydney. Served until 1956 when sold to the Australian Air League in Sydney. Acquired by the Moorabbin Air Museum in 1973.
Registration / Serial:WD827
Aircraft Version:Fairey Firefly AS6
C/n (msn):F.8655
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Registration / Serial:VH-CLD
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove (Devon)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove 5
C/n (msn):04107
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Collection:Moorabbin Air Museum
Event:Open Cockpit Weekend 2025
Photo Date:15 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Photo ID:879247Submit Correction
View count: 14
This aircraft entered service as a Dove Mk 1 in 1948 as CS-TAC with Aereos-SATA in Portugal. It was fitted with improved engines in 1972, becoming a Mk 5. Later that year it returned to Britain becoming G-BAHB. Two years later it was exported to Australia, becoming VH-CLD on 15 March 1974. It operated with Bassair until grounded with severe corrosion in 1977. The cockpit only is currently part of the Moorabbin Air Museum collection.
Registration / Serial:VH-CLD
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove 5
C/n (msn):04107
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Registration / Serial:VH-CLD
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove (Devon)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove 5
C/n (msn):04107
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Collection:Moorabbin Air Museum
Event:Open Cockpit Weekend 2025
Photo Date:15 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Photo ID:879247Submit Correction
View count: 14
This aircraft entered service as a Dove Mk 1 in 1948 as CS-TAC with Aereos-SATA in Portugal. It was fitted with improved engines in 1972, becoming a Mk 5. Later that year it returned to Britain becoming G-BAHB. Two years later it was exported to Australia, becoming VH-CLD on 15 March 1974. It operated with Bassair until grounded with severe corrosion in 1977. The cockpit only is currently part of the Moorabbin Air Museum collection.
Registration / Serial:VH-CLD
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove 5
C/n (msn):04107
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Registration / Serial:VH-UKV
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 60G Gipsy Moth
C/n (msn):1066
Aircraft Name:Diana
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Collection:Moorabbin Air Museum
Event:Open Cockpit Weekend 2025
Photo Date:16 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Photo ID:879189Submit Correction
View count: 19
This Gipsy Moth was registered new in Australia on 5 July 1929. In 1940 it was impressed into RAAF service as A7-79 until 1944. A rare survivor, the aircraft was restored and returned to the civil Register in May 1954, but withdrawn from use just four years later in June 1958. The aircraft was donated to the Moorabbin Air Museum in 1965, the first complete aircraft in the collection.
Registration / Serial:VH-UKV
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 60G Gipsy Moth
C/n (msn):1066
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:16 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Registration / Serial:VH-UKV
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 60G Gipsy Moth
C/n (msn):1066
Aircraft Name:Diana
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Collection:Moorabbin Air Museum
Event:Open Cockpit Weekend 2025
Photo Date:16 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Photo ID:879189Submit Correction
View count: 19
This Gipsy Moth was registered new in Australia on 5 July 1929. In 1940 it was impressed into RAAF service as A7-79 until 1944. A rare survivor, the aircraft was restored and returned to the civil Register in May 1954, but withdrawn from use just four years later in June 1958. The aircraft was donated to the Moorabbin Air Museum in 1965, the first complete aircraft in the collection.
Registration / Serial:VH-UKV
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 60G Gipsy Moth
C/n (msn):1066
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:16 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Registration / Serial:A18-316
Aircraft Original Type:GAF N-22/24 Nomad
Aircraft Generic Type:GAF N-22/24 Nomad
Aircraft Version:GAF N-22B Nomad
C/n (msn):166
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Collection:Moorabbin Air Museum
Event:Open Cockpit Weekend 2025
Photo Date:16 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Photo ID:879185Submit Correction
View count: 21
This Nomad was registered VH-SFR on 11 October 1979 and converted to an N22S Searchmaster in 1980. It was used, among other things, as a GAF demonstrator in the USA before being de-modified in 1989. It was then acquired by the RAAF and serialled A18-316. The aircraft served with ARDU until 1991 when it was withdrawn. Acquired by the Moorabbin Air Museum in 2016.
Registration / Serial:A18-316
Aircraft Version:GAF N-22B Nomad
C/n (msn):166
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:16 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Registration / Serial:A18-316
Aircraft Original Type:GAF N-22/24 Nomad
Aircraft Generic Type:GAF N-22/24 Nomad
Aircraft Version:GAF N-22B Nomad
C/n (msn):166
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Collection:Moorabbin Air Museum
Event:Open Cockpit Weekend 2025
Photo Date:16 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Photo ID:879185Submit Correction
View count: 21
This Nomad was registered VH-SFR on 11 October 1979 and converted to an N22S Searchmaster in 1980. It was used, among other things, as a GAF demonstrator in the USA before being de-modified in 1989. It was then acquired by the RAAF and serialled A18-316. The aircraft served with ARDU until 1991 when it was withdrawn. Acquired by the Moorabbin Air Museum in 2016.
Registration / Serial:A18-316
Aircraft Version:GAF N-22B Nomad
C/n (msn):166
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:16 November 2025
Photo by:Phil VabreContact