One of 200 CA-6 trainers built by CAC, bought as war surplus for £20 in 1946 after RAAF service as A3-139. In January 1962 its owner was flying from Melbourne to Perth when compass malfunction took hime well off course on the leg between Caduna and Cook, SA. He landed in the desert low on fuel. A 19-day search failed to locate the pilot, his remains never being found. The aircraft was not located until spotted by an Adastra survey Hudson in 1965, messages scratched into the fuselage paintwork. The aircraft was recovered in 1977 and restored in 1981

German Navy 61+20 painted up as Royal Netherlands Navy 250

Real identity of the aircraft is 5307 from the Portugese airforce.

This Dove was delivered 1958 and spent its whole active life with the same operator fitted out as an air ambulance. Withdrawn from use in 1978 on replacement by the GAF Nomad, it was stored here at Alice Springs till sold to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO in 1980. Although flown to Adelaide-Parafield, SA, it was never operated by CSIRO and in 1982 it was acquired by CAAM, a permit for ferry flight from Parafield to Bond Springs airfield, 15 miles north of Alice Springs being used in December 1982. It was then roaded down to the CAAM at Townsite Aerodrome.

Built as standard Heron 2D with Gipsy Queen engines and delivered to the WGAF as CA+001, this was one of two for the Chief of Staff and Chancellor, returning as G-ASFI in 1964. It was sold on to Transportes Aereos de Guinea Portuguesa as CR-GAT and bought by Connellan Airways in 1970, who rebuilt VH-CLW at Alice Springs in 1972 as a Riley Heron with four Lycoming IO-540 engines and 3 blade props. It was leased to Kendell Airlines in 1976 and sold to Air Tungaru, Kirabati becoming T3-ATA in 1981 and then DQ-FDY with Sunflower Airlines, Fiji in 1984. Back to Australia in 1997 and to CAAM in 2012

Built at Willow Run as 44-50206 on 5 Dec 44, this B-24L was ferried under Lend-Lease from Montreal to Bamrauli in June 1945. Received by Air Command SEA, it was sent to No. 99 (Madras Presidency) Sqn at Dhubalia. Detached to Cocos Is, the B-24 made shipping strikes, bombing runs and SAR to Java, Sumatra and Burma. At the end of the war RAF B-24s were dumped at Chakeri. Refurbished by HAL and flown by the RIAF, the bombers equipped No. 5, 6 and 16 Sqn. The IAF was the last and longest user of the B-24 from 1948-68. This B-24L HE807 from No. 6 Sqn "Dragons" was donated to the RAFM in 1974.