Bart Bear's Blog

One of the rarest aircraft flying today lives at the Temora Aviation Museum. It is a Lockheed Hudson and is the only flying example of the thousands that were built during World War 2. This one started its service in 1942, on anti-submarine patrols along the coast of Australia. Later it operated out of New Guinea on bombing and reconnaissance missions. After the war it was an airliner with East-West Airlines and then a survey 'plane with AdAstra Aerial Surveys, until being restored to its WW2 condition between 1976 and 1993. You can see it flying at just about every Temora museum flying day, a living reminder of the vital role that the Hudson played in the defence of Australia way back in the dangerous years when Dad was a baby.

By the way, the week-long gap in my postings is not due to my being on another interesting trip. Instead, I have been helping the Oldies with running some of the National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers, held in Canberra over the Easter weekend.

Labels: aircraft, airshow, New South Wales, Temora