Visited on a flying day in early 2000s. Highlights that day were Col Pay in his Mustang, the MkVIII Spitfire, the Canberra bomber (LOUD!!!) and the CAC Boomerang with its distinctive tearing sound as the tips of the prop blades went supersonic on the low point of each diving pass. Dick Smith showed up the day I was there, along with his mate, Chuck Yeager. Had I known Yeager was going to be there I would've brought my copy of Winged Rocketry and asked him to sign it. Oh well.
As shown in the closing scenes, the Sabre did fly. Pity we didn't get an update on it. I believe the ejection seat out of service is the holdup. Hard to get operating replacements - like impossible. Interesting to know its fate.
If I remember rightly there has been an issue with the engine (possibly the ejection seat as well) - the guide didn't have that many details for us and there was no one else around to dig into more about the aircraft, unfortunately.
@@raafdocumentariesThe guide sadly didn’t really go into much detail at all about the aircraft unlike your other videos in this excellent series. I would have liked to have heard more about the provenance of each aircraft. It was also interesting that no one touched on how the RAAF actually operate the museums aircraft as part of an arrangement struck sometime ago , which should be up for renewal soon
@@bruce4890 I'm with you on this point Bruce. The information from them on the day was sparse (to be kind) and we didn't get anything about 100SQN, etc. They did, however, say they were busy preparing for a flying day and I guess the people who really had the details were busy working on aircraft and we were not given access to them. Anyway, working on another HARS video - a secondary hanger/workshop in Parkes - and as much as it's a scrappy looking place, the information we got was fantastic.
The sabre has had a number of issues for years . The wings required replacing in the 90s and a new set was found but they ruined the new set and started going around other aircraft the Air Force had to find a new set. The ejection seat was an issue because they couldn’t get it serviced any more . I remember when Dubbo closed down they threw out 5 truck loads of sabre spares.
The type of seat would not be available any longer, nor the explosives used back then. To replace the seat with a working alternative would be a huge engineering challenge...probably impossible.@@obiemichaels9675
"Today we reach the Temora Aviation Museum in the town of Temora", excellent geo-tagging by the narrator so the layman now knows exactly in which part of Australia lies the temora avaition museum in the town of temora".🙄
What a brilliant collection of aircraft! Wonderful to see that these fantastic planes fly on a regular basis.
Thank you. Very nice. Love the Boomerang. Impeccable Condition. Looking forward to the flying display video.
Must get back to Temora air museum very soon a fantastic place
See ya soon
Visited on a flying day in early 2000s. Highlights that day were Col Pay in his Mustang, the MkVIII Spitfire, the Canberra bomber (LOUD!!!) and the CAC Boomerang with its distinctive tearing sound as the tips of the prop blades went supersonic on the low point of each diving pass. Dick Smith showed up the day I was there, along with his mate, Chuck Yeager. Had I known Yeager was going to be there I would've brought my copy of Winged Rocketry and asked him to sign it. Oh well.
Great material, well and concisely delivered. Interesting as a Canadian to see what is happening in Australia.
Beautiful planes 😌👌
I used to work in the hangar where the saver was maintained when it was still run by the air force . The entire base would stop to watch it test fly .
At Richmond? I did work experience when it was there. Unforgettable.
@@jonginder5494 yes
As shown in the closing scenes, the Sabre did fly. Pity we didn't get an update on it. I believe the ejection seat out of service is the holdup. Hard to get operating replacements - like impossible. Interesting to know its fate.
If I remember rightly there has been an issue with the engine (possibly the ejection seat as well) - the guide didn't have that many details for us and there was no one else around to dig into more about the aircraft, unfortunately.
@@raafdocumentariesThe guide sadly didn’t really go into much detail at all about the aircraft unlike your other videos in this excellent series. I would have liked to have heard more about the provenance of each aircraft. It was also interesting that no one touched on how the RAAF actually operate the museums aircraft as part of an arrangement struck sometime ago , which should be up for renewal soon
@@bruce4890 I'm with you on this point Bruce. The information from them on the day was sparse (to be kind) and we didn't get anything about 100SQN, etc. They did, however, say they were busy preparing for a flying day and I guess the people who really had the details were busy working on aircraft and we were not given access to them. Anyway, working on another HARS video - a secondary hanger/workshop in Parkes - and as much as it's a scrappy looking place, the information we got was fantastic.
The sabre has had a number of issues for years . The wings required replacing in the 90s and a new set was found but they ruined the new set and started going around other aircraft the Air Force had to find a new set. The ejection seat was an issue because they couldn’t get it serviced any more . I remember when Dubbo closed down they threw out 5 truck loads of sabre spares.
The type of seat would not be available any longer, nor the explosives used back then. To replace the seat with a working alternative would be a huge engineering challenge...probably impossible.@@obiemichaels9675
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Amazing how the employees of the feserve bank can afford such toys...
"Today we reach the Temora Aviation Museum in the town of Temora", excellent geo-tagging by the narrator so the layman now knows exactly in which part of Australia lies the
temora avaition museum in the town of temora".🙄