At the Avalon Airshow 2011, Day Five

New Guinea? Northern Australia? No: it's the Temora Aviation Museum, the only place in the world where you can regularly see an airworthy Boomerang and Hudson together, bringing back memories of those desperate days of 1942-45. (The Hudson is VH-KOY.)

Brought on RAAF charge 18 August 1943. Struck off as converted to components May 1946 and stored at RAAF Oakey 45/48. Trucked to a local farm, from where recovered in 1972. Rebuilt by Matt Denning 1975-2001 to this pristine example of Australia's rare indigenous fighter. Seen here at WOI 16.

'Suzy -Q' basks in the terminal lights, waiting for the Narromine Airshow to begin tomorrow.

One of the few remaining examples of this indigenous Australian fighter, 'Suzy-Q' heads home after a long week at the Australian International Airshow.

This aircraft has the core of a real Boomerang, but modified AT-6 wings and an AT-6 rear fuselage. Unfortunately the latter is cleary too long, even from this angle. Note the Donald Duck on a boomerang artwork.