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from the French. Many other exhibits of interest to association members and the public were obtained in the following years. With financial assistance from the Western Australian Government a museum building was erected at the association's memorial estate in Bull Creek, officially opening in
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The museum specimen of the R-3350 is the no. 1 engine from a C-121G Super Constellation from NASA, registration N421NA. This Constellation flew between Geraldton and the Carnarvon satellite tracking station in support of the Apollo space program.
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from England in 1959 and erected it on a pole outside its headquarters in
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The Western Australian division of the association acquired a Mark 22
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Spitfire memorial, located on the southern side of the south wing
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The following exhibits are on static display in the museum:
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November 1979. In order to house the Avro Lancaster and a
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or that have relevance to aviation in Western Australia.
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Mark 22 Supermarine Spitfire, housed in the north wing
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Bull Creek, Western Australia
Coordinates
32°02′57″S 115°51′32″E / 32.0493°S 115.859°E / -32.0493; 115.859 (Aviation Heritage Museum)
Aviation museum
aviationmuseumwa.org.au
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Western Australia Heritage Register
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Perth
Bull Creek
Western Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
Supermarine Spitfire
Perth
Avro Lancaster
Douglas Dakota
Main entrance
Aviation Heritage Museum
Spitfire memorial, located on the southern side of the south wing
Mark 22 Supermarine Spitfire, housed in the north wing
AerMacchi MB-326
Auster J-5
Avro Anson
Avro Lancaster
Bell UH-1H Iroquois
Bensen gyrocopter
CAC Wackett
CAC Wirraway
Consolidated PBY Catalina

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