Moorabbin Air Museum (Melbourne, Australia)

Walking around inside and outside of the main exhibition hangar of the Moorabbin Air Museum.
Plenty of historical artifacts there including some unique pieces. Well worth the visit for anyone interested in aviation in general and particularly in history of the Australian aviation. About 3 hours should give you the time to look at everything and read every material there is.
Their souvenir shop is pretty good, the staff there is fantastic, although at the time of my visit (November 2023) there was no cafe, only a vending machine.
In this video you can see
Percival Proctor
Auster Aiglet J1B
BA Swallow
GAF Mirage A3
De Havilland DH112 Sea Venom
CAC CA-27 Sabre
Fairey Firefly WD827
CAC CA-15 (part of the fuselage only)
DAP Beaufighter A8
De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth
Bell 206B-1 Kiowa
F-111 Crew Module
CAC CA-1 Wirraway A20-10
Heron Primary Glider
De Havilland DH104 Dove (cockpit only)
De Havilland DH60 Gipsy Moth
GAF Canberra A84
CAC Comair bus
Vickers Viscount
Bristol Ffreighter
GAF A18 Nomad (fuselage only)
De Havilland Drover
Westland Wessex Mk 31B
Fairey Gannet
Gloster Meteor T7
Aaerospatiale Dauphin 2

[@ianstewartaviation2634]

Visited myself earlier this year great little museum 👍

[@barrywalker8790]

Great video showing some awesome aircraft thank you for posting 👌

[@davidreid8075]

Thanks..

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@asacgroup9343]

A great upload. I need to visit this gem now. Many thanks..!

[@rockfishmiller]

Well done, thank you.

[@waichow5887]

thanks for the video. I remembered years ago, there was a DC-3 there.

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

Yes, you are right, they do have it. DC-3 is currently going through some restoration works in the area not visible from their main exposition.

[@JohnSmith-oh9ux]

Thank you!

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

You are welcome! Glad you found it useful.

[@odyssey814]

i might have sat in some of these in about 1980 when it was an outdoor museum

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

They still are in a pretty good condition, love their work as a museum. Hope their new hangar is coming very soon keep their collection safe from the elements.

[@johncrispin2118]

Thankyou superb exhibition, wish someone (anywhere not just Oz )would get a BEAUFIGHTER in the air , we know the Hercs are around somewhere, 60,000 odd produced !

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

I know guys at HARS have had one Beaufighter restoration project under way for a number of years including the engines, so one may hope it is going to be flying when completed.

[@johncrispin2118]

@@AndreyBrizhinev Thanks Andrey, Regretfully it sounds like the aircraft at HARS is another one is in a similar dust collecting limbo to the one at Duxford UK unfortunately, seems there are several, viable airframes about but no one seems to come up with the Hercs although you see them running on rigs . Let’s keep hoping I appreciate it needs huge amounts of expertise and financial,and engineering resources. Makes you wonder how we ever conducted warfare with thousands of them .

[@bunion8579]

Excellent video! Got to the Point Cook Museum while visiting Vic but now kicking myself for not getting to this one too! I hope they can get those outside aircraft into a covered environment at some point soon.

[@andrewstanley8000]

Great video my dad flew the beau fighters in the war 31 squadron

[@andrewstanley8000]

You will find his photos he took at the war memorial in Canberra

[@farangkinok]

I think the Bristol Freighter & Canberra were stored out at Essendon Airport in the late 70's. I used to ride my bike out there & jump the fence to get into them. There was a Catalina there at the same time & a guy restoring a P51 down near the old Beaufort building who used to let us hang around & see what he was doing. A mates dad took he & I to Moorabbin one time & we opened the belly hatch & got inside the Beaufighter which was outside at the time, gee he wasn't happy when he found us !

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

Thank you for these stories, mate! Really appreciate this.

[@marknelson5929]

Many thanks, really appreciated you taking the time to do the film. I first went their in 1974 as a kid and was most impressed with the Junkers Jumo Turbojet from the Me 262 of al things! I'd love to go back as we moved interstate in 1975. I'm most interested in the tail fin/rudder of the Mosquito painted in silver on display near the Beaufighter. Would love to know which aircraft it came from? Many thanks

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

You are most welcome! I am glad you enjoyed watching the video. I was too impressed by the number of engines on display there and that particular Jumo especially. The tailfin you noticed came from one of the Australian Mosquitoes indeed. I'll reach out to the office of AARG and ask them your question.

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

Good day! Lovely Grace from AARG replied with the back story on the Mosquito tailfin - it was the only thing (along with the canopy) that was salvageable from someone's backyard in Mathoura (NSW). Apparently, a Mosquito was stored there, but unfortunately rotted away almost completely. I have no further information on the serial number or particular history of this aircraft, sorry.

[@markzed66]

Great video, looks like a nice museum. I like to visit HARS in Albion Park, NSW to get my old aircraft fix every now and then.

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

HARS is definitely on my list. Thank you!

[@richardw64]

Next time I'm in Melbourne....

[@kenwebster5053]

Are there any examples of the CAC CA-23?

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

To the best of my knowledge, the CA-23 project did not move past the wind tunnel testing, so the best we can hope for is for a scale model to survive somewhere. I personally have not seen one but will keep my eyes out for it.

[@kenwebster5053]

I thought one was actually built, or am I getting confused with what our "allies" did with the design after killing Australia's aviation industry over it.@@AndreyBrizhinev

[@EVISEH]

@@kenwebster5053 A full size mock up was constructed, however the project did not proceed due to cost factors and because the RAAF had changed its requirements for which the aircraft had been designed for

[@kenwebster5053]

Thanks for the information@@EVISEH

[@teddythewonderlizard1448]

The way this country treats its history is an absolute disgrace. In any other country, these aircraft would be on display in a purpose built, climate controlled environment. We just chuck them in a shed, and hope for the best. Thanks for posting this excellent video . . . it may be all that future generations will be able to see.

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

I was told they have acquired some land right across the road, where a much larger hangar is going to be built to house all of their civil aircraft. The military collection is planned to occupy their current hangar. Let us hope this will be done sooner rather than later.

[@teddythewonderlizard1448]

@@AndreyBrizhinev Agree 100%. Out of curiosity. do you know if some of these aircraft/exhibits came from the museum that used to be at Bankstown airport (NSW)? Some of it looks familiar. Cheers.

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

Got a reply from their office saying they do not have anything from Bankstown, even in storage, let alone on display.

[@teddythewonderlizard1448]

@@AndreyBrizhinev Thanks for letting me know.

[@coopersrace7277]

Couldn’t agree more. I used to volunteer there many years ago. They are working to a budget but it would be relatively easy to get sponsorship to store what could not be hangared inside. Instead they are left to deteriorate outside in the weather. The Meteor in particular will be in very poor condition. It is only in recent times that cockpit covers have been used. This is about 5 minutes away from my house. In a southerly storm it is not unusual to have salt spray from the bay on the car windscreen. You can imagine what that does to an aircraft over time…..!

[@terrychapman5466]

Didn't know any part of the CAC 15 survived. Marvellous aircraft. Should have been produced instead of the Mustang.

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

Yes, the Mustang we could have had...

[@EVISEH]

@@AndreyBrizhinev The CA-15 [the correct designation for the aircraft] was a victim of technological progress. Whilst reputedly being the fastest single piston engined fighter in the world, it was overtaken by the emergence of jet powered fighters. When it crashed on a test flight, it was deemed uneconomical to repair and so subsequently scrapped, thus bringing the CA-15 Project to a close. By that time the RAAF was looking to re-equip with jet aircraft which it proceeded to do so by acquiring the Gloster Meteor F8 and De Havilland Vampire aircraft

[@vrosi1963]

The Beau fighter looks to be a flier

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

I am afraid it is not. This plane is what the museum has started with back in 1962, it was lovingly restored (no doubt about that) but I cannot find any reference to it being airworthy.

[@AaronHahnStudios]

Please see this comment as helpful, not critical. Taking the time to get a close up of the written plaques of information would have been great,(we can always press pause). Also editing out needless moments like walking up steps can decrease the time of your video giving it a more chance of being clicked on. Slower movements are better also, allow the viewer to enjoy the moment. Over all you tried. Next time try & see things from OUR point of view, not your own. Thank you for uploading this. Good luck with your channel.

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

Thank you! I absolutely like your approach to the criticism and will try a few things you suggested in my next video. The plaques can be challenging, as they are not always done in a reasonable (for a video) font size, but sure worth a try.

[@AaronHahnStudios]

Excellent, what I do in my videos is take a photo of the information plaques and them add them into the video on editing. Photos are easier to read. great stuff mate, keep up the great work. @@AndreyBrizhinev

[@gone547]

Pity it's in Victoria. Won't be going there.

[@thosoz3431]

Why ?

[@EVISEH]

Your Loss!! @gone547

[@caretakerfochr3834]

Could you consider deleting the soundtrack and adding an explanatory voice-over? That irrelevant, indecipherable and annoying natter natter natter in the background contributes nothing to this vid.

[@AndreyBrizhinev]

On the one hand you are right, and a voice-over can contribute, but on the other - I am not a subject matter expert and my commentary may not be of value to people who know much more than I do. The way the video is presented leaves you with the experience of walking there and I strife to provide correct model names for all aircraft I encounter.