Category: Aircraft
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Aero 145
Aero 145 The Aero 145 was a twin-piston engined civil utility aircraft produced in Czechoslovakia after World War II. South Australian Aviation Museum Aero 145 VH-WWC / ZCL Aero 145 VH-WWC / ZCL was built at Kunovice, Czechoslovakia in 1961 and imported into Australia in 1962. Purchased by Commodore Aviation Pty Ltd it undertook fish… Read more
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HMS Pursuer Royal Navy Escort Carrier
HMS Pursuer D73 HMS Pursuer was an Attacker-class escort carrier of the Royal Navy in World War Two. Built in the US in 1942, she was transferred and commissioned into the Royal Navy in July 1943. Although used primarily as a convoy escort on 3 April 1944, she provided fighter support for an air strike… Read more
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HMAS Albatross (1928) Seaplane Carrier
HMAS Albatross (1928) HMAS Albatross (later HMS Albatross) was a seaplane tender of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), which was later transferred to the Royal Navy and used as a repair ship. Albatross was built by Cockatoo Island Dockyard during the mid-1920s and entered service at the start of 1929. The ship experienced problems with… Read more