Moorabbin Air Museum

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

I don't remember the parachutist either, maybe the excitement of the Mustang erased that memory. I do remember seeing the Firefly on the flight line and being disappointed it wasn't started up as promised. The other interesting to me aircraft was the Brain and Brown Anson which also flew. The Mustang seemed incredibly loud to my young ears.
I took a few pictures with my 2 1/4 square Welmy 6 camera and could not wait for the photos to be ready at the chemist, riding my bike there a couple of times a day.
The Mustang you mentioned Mike was of course the famous Fleetwings garage machine which had been rescued by Dick Hourigan and restored by Judy Pay's Old Aeroplane Company. As a 15 year old I could never have imagined as I stood intently peering into the cockpit I would one day fly in the back seat of this same aircraft.
Dick had to 'rescue' this aircraft again from the Museum back in the late 60s or early 70s by craning it over the fence and it was stored for some time in Mildura.

Funny how we were all there that day and now we are on this medium many years later !

The Anson I do recall . For the airshow, they organized a low atlitude pylon race around the airfield perimeter and the Anson was last by a long way . That Anson was a Bass Strait veteran, it flew over to King Island on a regular basis , it was modified to meet safety standards - the wing spars being upgraded and it was re engined too.

I went with a friend . A few days before the show, I actually rang the airport to confirm the P51 would be flying .