Fighter World

Fighter World

Fighter World entrance
Location within New South Wales
Coordinates	32°48′11.55″S 151°51′1.4″E / 32.8032083°S 151.850389°ECoordinates: 32°48′11.55″S 151°51′1.4″E / 32.8032083°S 151.850389°E
Website	www.fighterworld.com.au

Fighter World is an Australian aviation museum. Its purpose is to preserve the history of fighter operations of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and it has a large collection of aircraft, most of which are fighters once operated by the RAAF. It is located at RAAF Base Williamtown near Newcastle, New South Wales.

Aviation collection

Australian

Aircraft inside Fighter World in 2013

A GAF Jindivik on display

• RAAF Gloster Meteor A77-875^[1]
• RAAF de Havilland Vampire A79-1^[2]
• RAAF Avon Sabre A94-951^[3]
• RAAF Avon Sabre A94-959^[4][5]
• RAAF CAC Winjeel A85-428^[6]
• RAAF Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile^[7]
• RAAF Aermacchi MB-326H A7-062^[8]
• RAAF Dassault Mirage IIIO A3-3^[9]
• RAAF Dassault Mirage IIID A3-102^[10]
• RAAF General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark^[11]
• Royal Australian Navy GAF Jindivik target drone N11-750 ^[12]

International

• Royal Air Force/Republic of Singapore Air Force Hawker Hunter^[13]
• Polish Air Force Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21UM 'Mongol B' painted as a member of the Indian Air Force Red Scorchers aerobatic team^[14]

Replica

• Fokker Dr.I Triplane (Two-thirds replica painted as Josef Jacobs's aircraft of the Luftstreitkräfte)^[15]
• Boeing-Stearman Model 75 (One-third scale replica painted as a Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft of the Empire Air Training Scheme)^[16]
• Messerschmitt Bf 109F (Replica painted as the aircraft of Oberleutnant Carl Hans Roders of the Luftwaffe)^[17]
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII (Replica painted as a No. 79 Squadron RAAF aircraft)^[18]
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI (Replica painted as a No. 127 Squadron RAF aircraft)^[18]
• Bristol Beaufighter cockpit (Replica painted as the nose of A19-50 'Wendy Joy II' of No. 30 Squadron RAAF)^[19]

References

1. "Gloster Meteor". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
2. "deHavilland Vampire A79-1". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
3. "CAC CA27 Avon Sabre". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
4. "The Raymond Terrace Sabre". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
5. Norris, Sam (5 April 2016). "Williamtown Fighter World unveils restored Sabre Fighter Jet". Port Stephens Examiner. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
6. "CAC Winjeel". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
7. "Bristol Bloodhound Mk1". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
8. "Macchi". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
9. "Mirage IIIO/D Display". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
10. "Dassault Mirage IIID". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
11. "F-111C". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
12. "GAF Jindivik". Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
13. "Hawker Hunter". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
14. "MiG 21". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
15. "Fokker DR-1 Triplane". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
16. "Stearman". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
17. "BF-109F". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
18. "Supermarine Spitfire Replicas". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
19. "Bristol Beaufighter Cockpit Display". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

External links

• Official website