{"id":7898,"date":"2016-10-29T20:46:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T18:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=7898"},"modified":"2025-02-11T19:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:48:27","slug":"narromine-aviation-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/narromine-aviation-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Narromine Aviation Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Narromine Aviation Museum<\/strong>, located at Narromine Airport on the Mitchell Highway in <strong>Narromine<\/strong>, <strong>New South Wales<\/strong>, offers a captivating exhibition of artifacts, documents, and photographs that chronicle nearly a century of aviation history in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Narromine Aviation Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitchell Highway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Narromine NSW 2821<\/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=\"http:\/\/www.narromineaviationmuseum.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.narromineaviationmuseum.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:gliese581B@optusnet.com.au\">gliese581B@optusnet.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+61 2 6889 7131<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday &#8211; Monday 10:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visits at other times by arrangement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admission fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NarromineAviationMuseum\/\" 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\">Narromine is 40 kilometres west of Dubbo, NSW on the Mitchell Highway. The museum is located at Narromine Aerodrome on Trangie Road , just two kilometres northwest of town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d864419.8836198797!2d147.66882387940902!3d-32.2220005429027!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x6b05830ecc975101%3A0x3e8681206af046d4!2sNarromine+Aviation+Museum!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1477766588604\" 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-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>A94-915<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>VH-KBX\/T5458<\/p>\n<p>VH-GDU<\/p>\n<p>VH-SOF<\/p><\/td><td>Commonwealth CA-27 Sabre 30<p><\/p>\n<p>Corben Super Ace<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth<\/p>\n<p>Hawkridge Venture<\/p>\n<p>Wright A (replica)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Narromine Aviation Museum<\/strong>&#8216;s displays are divided into three distinct eras:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1916\u20131939<\/strong>: This period highlights the early days of aviation in Narromine, featuring visits from renowned aviators such as Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Jean Batten.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1939\u20131945<\/strong>: During World War II, Narromine hosted flying training units and a top-secret British bomber squadron. The museum honors the nearly 3,000 pilots trained here, of whom approximately 30% did not return from the war.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1945\u2013Present<\/strong>: Post-war exhibits showcase Qantas pilot training, world-class gliding activities, and the vibrant local aero club.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the <strong>Narromine Aviation Museum<\/strong>&#8216;s notable exhibits are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wright Flyer Model A Replica<\/strong>: A flyable replica of the 1907 Wright Flyer Model A, the first aircraft to fly in Australia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Corben Super Ace<\/strong>: A homebuilt sport plane from 1938, restored by the local Men&#8217;s Shed group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hawkridge Venture Glider<\/strong>: One of only two constructed, this glider was built in Dubbo in 1953.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">if you have any picture of this aviation museum, please share it with us<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:my.museum@aviationmuseum.eu\">my.museum@aviationmuseum.eu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Narromine Aviation Museum, located at Narromine Airport on the Mitchell Highway in Narromine, New South Wales, offers a captivating exhibition of artifacts, documents, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7898","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7898"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33257,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7898\/revisions\/33257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}