Fishermens Bend - A Centre of Australian Aviation

Abstract

Since 1919 Fishermens Bend Victoria has been a major centre of Australian aviation. Many of Australia's great aviation achievements were born there. From its formation in 1939 the Aeronautical Research Laboratory, situated astride this activity at the Bend, has provided scientific and technical support to numerous aeronautical endeavours occurring in its surrounds. This report summarizes the many activities at the Bend form the first flight of an S11 Shorthorn from the Carey Airfield in 1919 to the production to the last indigenously built aircraft, the Nomad in 1984. The aerodromes have long gone, the roar of aero engines are contained within test cells, but the strong tradition of Australian aviation still lives on at the Bend today.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA274981

Entities

People

  • J. L. Kepert

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Assembly
  • Assembly Lines
  • Birds
  • Cells
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Health Services
  • Lepidoptera
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • National Governments
  • Test Facilities

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  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Oceanography.
  • Strategic Security Studies