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Spread out your wings and take a flight into fantasy at the Moorabbin Air Museum, Melbourne. Regarded as the only real National Aviation Museum in Australia and also the most ancient of the volunteer aviation museums in Australia, the Moorabbin Air Museum houses an amazing collection of Australia-made aircrafts, both civilian and military. No wonder it’s one of the most popular Melbourne tourist attractions. The collection at the Moorabbin Air Museum, Melbourne dates back to 1962. The collection began with a DAP Beau fighter and has expanded over the years to now include gliders, homemade planes, combat aircrafts, crop dusters and four engine airliners. The exhibits at the Melbourne Moorabbin Air Museum display quite some diversity, but they have one thing in common: all the aircrafts have played pivotal roles in shaping the aviation annals of Australia. A Fairey Firefly, a 1967 inclusion, constitutes one of the most prized exhibits at the Moorabbin Air Museum, Australia. There is also the CAC Boomerang, the GAF Jindivik and the Dassault Mirage to gape at. Other winged wonders worth a watch here include specimen aircrafts from the RAAF and the RAN, jet-turbine airliners from Ansett-ANA, TAA and others, some models from Australian makers like DAP and Victa, a civilian aircraft from the “Moth”, a London-Sydney air-racer and several fighter planes from the days of the Second World War. From an open-air exhibition ground at the Moorabbin Airport, the museum collection got a roof over its head in 1989 when an 8,000 square foot hangar was constructed at the Moorabbin Airport for the exhibits. Moorabbin Air Museum’s Claim To Fame The Moorabbin Air Museum, Melbourne is one of the largest museums in Australia, and not to mention the largest amongst the museums in Melbourne. It owns the largest fleet of aircrafts and the collection is deemed to be larger than half of the world’s airlines and constitutes a third of the world’s air forces. Amongst all Melbourne museums, the Moorabbin Air Musuem is one of the most-visited. A favorite equally with kids brought up on a dose of war movies and action-packed cartoons and people who are curious to delve into the historical depths of aviation, the Moorabbin Air Museum, Melbourne sure does provide an in-depth study of how the skies of Australia have gone through several changes.
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