'Matt and Karen Henderson had a Dream’
Leaving the world of high finance to build and establish an aircraft museum requires serious vision, and money [lots of it], and enthusiasm [lots of it], and courage [lots of it], and resilience and perseverance – you have guessed it [lots of it], and amazing research skills, collecting ability, patience [years] and commitment.
The museum hanger was specially built and decorated for the aircraft on display [most of the display is airworthy and flies regularly]. The display does change depending on the flying program. The result is amazing.
We had just come in from the ‘Drome Cafe’ [where everything was delicious] and pondered on the changes, here, over the years – The first landing in 1919 –commercial regional airlines in the 1930’s - #7 Operational Training Unit B-24 LIBERATOR’S during WW11 – the largest aerodrome in the southern hemisphere in 1942, and the largest base that the RAAF have ever operated.
As a group we have many and varied aviation experiences and stories, so to stand in this very clean and well- lit hanger, immersed within aviation history, was amazing, and to visit the secret bunker and see how things worked there – well, history is alive and now.
In 1964 one of our members started skydiving. One of his favourite aircraft was the DOMINIE RAPIDE [DeHAVILLAND 89] - and there it was – in the hanger looking like new – super excited!
To everyone reading this–make the effort and go and visit – the Drome Cafe is very good and the history here is something to experience.
Andrew McFarlane
Leaving the world of high finance to build and establish an aircraft museum requires serious vision, and money [lots of it], and enthusiasm [lots of it], and courage [lots of it], and resilience and perseverance – you have guessed it [lots of it], and amazing research skills, collecting ability, patience [years] and commitment.
The museum hanger was specially built and decorated for the aircraft on display [most of the display is airworthy and flies regularly]. The display does change depending on the flying program. The result is amazing.
We had just come in from the ‘Drome Cafe’ [where everything was delicious] and pondered on the changes, here, over the years – The first landing in 1919 –commercial regional airlines in the 1930’s - #7 Operational Training Unit B-24 LIBERATOR’S during WW11 – the largest aerodrome in the southern hemisphere in 1942, and the largest base that the RAAF have ever operated.
As a group we have many and varied aviation experiences and stories, so to stand in this very clean and well- lit hanger, immersed within aviation history, was amazing, and to visit the secret bunker and see how things worked there – well, history is alive and now.
In 1964 one of our members started skydiving. One of his favourite aircraft was the DOMINIE RAPIDE [DeHAVILLAND 89] - and there it was – in the hanger looking like new – super excited!
To everyone reading this–make the effort and go and visit – the Drome Cafe is very good and the history here is something to experience.
Andrew McFarlane
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