{"id":7734,"date":"2016-10-28T10:34:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T08:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=7734"},"modified":"2025-02-09T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T14:16:17","slug":"central-australian-aviation-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/central-australian-aviation-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Australian Aviation Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Central Australian Aviation Museum<\/strong> located in the original <strong>Connellan Airways hangar<\/strong> on the site of <strong>Alice Springs<\/strong>&#8216; first air strip, the museum houses early <strong>flying doctor <\/strong>planes, a restored DC3 and other historical aircraft and aviation memorabilia. View the remains of the &#8216;Kookaburra&#8217;, and learn the tragic story of its crew who perished in the <strong>Tanami Desert searching for Kingsford-Smith<\/strong>, the famous Australian Aviator. The Central Australian Aviation Museum is part of the Araluen Cultural Precinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Central Australian Aviation Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Memorial Avenue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alice Springs, NT 0871<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/05\/06\/australia\/\">Australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centralaustralianaviationmuseum.org.au\">https:\/\/www.centralaustralianaviationmuseum.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:caaminc@gmail.com\">caaminc@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+61 889 538 554<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday &#8211; Sunday 11:00 &#8211; 15:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admission fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gift shop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Central-Australian-Aviation-Museum\/438897769629273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-922\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Central Australian Aviation Museum<\/strong> located at the Memorial Avenue entrance to the Alice Springs Cultural Precinct, just off Larapinta drive, in Alice Springs, Northern Territory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d1870464.4555891843!2d132.74776729043185!3d-23.702733000000006!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x78a1d6a0ce9c321d!2sCentral+Australian+Avaition+Museum!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1477642621180\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/central-australian-aviation-museum\/de-havilland-d-h-a-3b-drover-vh-fdc-royal-flying-doctor-service\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7736\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/de-Havilland-D.H.A.3B-Drover-VH-FDC-Royal-Flying-Doctor-Service-728x561.jpg\" alt=\"de Havilland D.H.A.3B Drover VH-FDC Royal Flying Doctor Service, Central Australian Aviation Museum\" class=\"wp-image-7736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/de-Havilland-D.H.A.3B-Drover-VH-FDC-Royal-Flying-Doctor-Service-728x561.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/de-Havilland-D.H.A.3B-Drover-VH-FDC-Royal-Flying-Doctor-Service-240x185.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/de-Havilland-D.H.A.3B-Drover-VH-FDC-Royal-Flying-Doctor-Service-420x324.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/de-Havilland-D.H.A.3B-Drover-VH-FDC-Royal-Flying-Doctor-Service-600x462.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/de-Havilland-D.H.A.3B-Drover-VH-FDC-Royal-Flying-Doctor-Service.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">de Havilland D.H.A.3B Drover VH-FDC Royal Flying Doctor Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>VH-ASQ<p><\/p>\n<p>VH-CLI<\/p>\n<p>VH-BEC<\/p>\n<p>VH-DHH<\/p>\n<p>VH-FDC<\/p>\n<p>VH-AVG\/VH-ACM<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>VH-GNM<\/p>\n<p>G-AUKA<\/p><\/td><td>Auster J\/1B Aiglet<p><\/p>\n<p>Beech D18S<\/p>\n<p>Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett Trainer<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland D.H.104 Drove 6<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland D.H.A.3B Drover<\/p>\n<p>Percival P.30 Proctor II<\/p>\n<p>Rotec Rally 2B<\/p>\n<p>Schneider ES.52 Kookaburra 4<\/p>\n<p>Westland Widgeon III<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Central Australian Aviation Museum<\/strong> have gathered a large collection of films, photographs, books, manuals, and other items; 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