Collected Episode 27: From Monoplanes to Fighter Jets
The history of military aviation is told in the stories of the Memorial’s oldest and newest aircraft. Built 70 years apart, these two planes demonstrate the huge and rapid shifts in design and technology in the 20th century. In Episode 27 of Collected, Louise Maher visits the Treloar Technology Centre to see a 1910 monoplane that was purchased for Australia’s first military flying school and an FA-18 Classic Hornet recently retired from service with the RAAF.
Credits:
Presented by: Louise Maher
Produced by: Louise Maher
Interviewed:
Cameron Ross, Curator, Military, Heraldry and Technology
Additional audio:
Original music: Andy Heaney, Vice Like Grip
Collection items:
Deperdussin taxi-type single seat training monoplane with 35hp Anzani Y-type three cylinder engine radial.
The CFS.5 Deperdussin training aircraft of the Australian Flying Corps
Members of the Australian Flying Corps prepare a Deperdussin training aircraft for take-off.
F/A-18 Hornet arrives at the Treloar Technology Centre in Canberra.
F/A-18 Hornet after its arrival at the Treloar Technology Centre in Canberra