MRV in Wagga Wagga

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

As far as I am aware, this is the only M113 FOV that is on display in a 24/7 accessible public location, ......

My awareness has grown, and there are now a few M113 derived vehicles on open display at War Memorials, etc.

The small town of The Rock, NSW has M113A1 134498 APC w/T50 turret displayed in pride of place at it's War Memorial. The local Secretary of the RSL Branch has been busy writing, as the street's tree lined avenue also features a ship's anchor and a stabiliser tailplane from an F-111 C to represent all 3 services.

[Tony Smith]

Sorry for the quality of some of the pics, it was a cold frosty morning, and my breath was fogging up the camera lens!

[Ganmain Tony]

Each of those trees in that avenue was planted for a WW1 serviceman from that district who did not come home.

Sadly, there are a lot of trees...

In the cafe at The Rock there is a magnificent picture of the Vickers Vimy that won the London to Australia flight just after WW1.

It was forced to land at The Rock due to engine trouble... drew quite a crowd at the time.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

In the cafe at The Rock there is a magnificent picture of the Vickers Vimy that won the London to Australia flight just after WW1.

It was forced to land at The Rock due to engine trouble... drew quite a crowd at the time.

Hi Tony,
Trying not to deviate from the subject of this thread, but as you brought up the Vimy, I thought I should share this photo. Back in the 90's an American businessman built a replica of the Vickers Vimy and re-enacted the flight from England to Australia, the co-pilot was forum member Lang Kidby. About 15 years ago I restored a military vehicle for the Vimy's owner and he visited my workshop once by flying the Vimy in to a nearby landing strip. This photo is as they arrived. A massive aircraft for its time.

regards, Richard