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6th July 2011, 04:50 PM
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G'day all
Last week concluded my 6 day getaway to Melbourne. My goal was to embark on a journey to learn about the history of Australian Aviation and to get a greater understanding and appreciation for it, and I certainly walked away with that! In summary, managed to visit the following: -The Airways Museum, Essendon Airport -Melbourne Centre and ATC (Arranged through a contact) -RAAF Museum, Point Cook -The Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin -TAA Museum, Airport West -The Old Aeroplane Company, Tyabb Additionally, also visited the Puckapunyal Tank Museum as well. Was booked to go on a DC-3 Flight to King Island on the Sunday, but this flight got canceled due to technical issues with the aircraft. Am getting through my photo collection, and would like to share a few samples of it, the rest can be found on my Flickr account. Enjoy!  Airways Museum - Essendon Airport      Rest can be viewed here. Essendon Airport  (Wow, never seen one of these before!) RAAF Museum, Point Cook        Rest can be viewed here. That's pretty much it for now. By tomorrow will have uploaded the remaining shots from the Museum at Moorabbin, the TAA Museum, and The Old Aeroplane Company. Hope you all enjoy! 
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#22
6th July 2011, 05:32 PM
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Thank you for sharing these images Maikha, some great shot in there. All of the locations you visited have plenty to see.
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#23
6th July 2011, 09:16 PM
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Thanks Grahame! Indeed all locations had plenty to see, and taught me a lot in terms of history as well!
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#24
7th July 2011, 06:26 PM
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Hi all
The second installment of my sample of photos from my trip to Melbourne recently. The Old Aeroplane Company, Tyabb Still in complete utter disbelief such a place exists! All but one of the aircraft featured in this set of photos are airworthy, and can be seen in aerial display during the annual Tyabb Airshow in February. Thanks to Rick and everyone here for letting a friend and I access the place and to take photos.             Rest of the photos can be viewed here
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#25
7th July 2011, 06:34 PM
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Final set!
TAA Museum     More photos here Australian National Aviation Museum       More here Moorabbin Airport   More here Melbourne by Night  And the rest here That's about it! Again, had a great time in Melbourne, hopefully can return there soon.... maybe leave again for the day in a DC-3 By all means please contact me if any of my captions are incorrect. I'm still learning. Enjoy!
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#26
7th July 2011, 11:40 PM
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Great shots Maikha. I didn't realise there was so much to see in Melbourne!
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8th July 2011, 07:43 AM
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Great photos Maikha!
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8th July 2011, 09:31 AM
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Thanks Greg and Brock!
I'm surprised of the amount of history that's been preserved in Victoria, of all modes of transport from Aviation, to railways to even maritime! If I were to basically count, there's more aviation museums, tourist railways, vintage aircraft charter flights and heritage vessels in Victoria than my home state. Looks like a few trips are needed to cover them all like I desire to eventually!
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