Ex-RAAF SAAM member Steve Nelson clocked up many hours flying the DHC-4 Caribou and he talks about the aircraft in this short video filmed during our COVID lockdown. Steve is seated in SAAM’s Caribou A4-225 on display in Hangar 2. The aircraft is open to visitors so you can watch the video then climb aboard the aircraft next time you visit!
Here is the final installment of the History Festival preesentations by Mike Milln about the Vickers Vimy and crew.
The latest installment of Mike Milln’s History Festival presentations – Part 3, The flight down from Darwin.
The second in a four part History Festival series by Mike Milln about the Epic Race and the Vickers Vimy.
This is the first part of a 4 part History Festival series about the Epic Flight of the Vickers Vimy from England to Australia presented by Mike Milln.
Pre-Flight History
Part 2 – The Race will be available next week. Stay tuned!
We were devastated to lose Paul Daw, our long-serving member and collection manager, in the Rossair crash near Renmark on 30 May. We offer our sincere condolences to his wife Anne, daughters Emma and Rachel, Son Simon and brother Nigel; and to the loved ones of Stephen Guerin and Martin Scott, who also died in the crash.
Paul will leave a huge gap in our organisation and in our hearts. Vale Paul.
When we last posted we had moved the Caribou into our new display hangar and installed the horizontal tail surfaces and the engines.
We now have the props and cowlings installed, and on 3 June 2017 we installed the vertical tail fin. Next is the rudder!
Pieter was filmed by Aviation Now at our Open Cockpits and Family Fun Day last month. To view the video click here
We’ve put the props on the Caribou since then – the port wing and vertical tail surfaces come next!
Volunteer Week is an annual celebration to acknowledge the generous contributions of our Nation’s Volunteers…
Did you know SAAM has NO paid staff? We are entirely dependent on the hard work, commitment and enthusiasm of our volunteers, and we are very proud of them.
Here’s a good example – a hard-working group in our library, busy on a major re-organisation of the collection that’s underway. Ian Jones is on the left, who is a photographer and works on the video section; then Rod Kopp, who has the thankless job of Membership Officer on the Committee; Jean Kopp, who as well as library work and countless chores around the museum also produces the newsletter; Nigel Daw, our Librarian who leads the library staff; and Vern Kendall, who can be found every week helping in the library. There are many others who help out too.
There are many, many more volunteers busy on a huge range of activities that make SAAM such a good place to visit – some of whom we will be featuring and thanking on our Facebook page this week.
