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TAVAS Great
War Display
T
he Australian Vintage Aircraft Society held its Great War Flying
DisplayatCabooltureAirportduringtheleaduptoAnzacDay.
TheeventincludedthefirstdisplayoftheTAVASRoyal
Aircraft Factory SE.5A replica acquired from Holland. It was
joined by the society’s Bristol F.2B Fighter, Fokker Dr.I, and Fok-
ker D.VIII.
TheshowwasalsoagreatopportunityforCaboolture-based
projects to show off their progress with the DAP Beaufort and
PacificDakotaRestoration’sDouglasC-47provingpopular.It
wasalsothelastchancetoseeRalphCusack’sDHDoveflyingat
the airport. Other noteworthy aircraft included four DHC Chip-
munks,twoStinsonL-5Sentinels,anAuster,Nanchang,Yak-52,
SNJ,MustangandWirraway,andaDHMoth, Leopard Moth and
several Tiger Moths.John FreedmanMAIN:The Bristol F.2B Fighter replica
wasbuiltbyAmericanEdStoroin
- Acquired from TVAL in New
Zealand by Jack McDonald, it is now
painted in Captain Ross McPherson
Smith’s1SquadronAFCcolours.
[All images by John Freedman]
ABOVE:The TAVAS replica Fokker Dr.I
takes to the air with Garry Cooper
at the controls.
ABOVE MIDDLE:The SE.5A replica
honours Lieutenant Frank Alberry
DCMwhoflewwith2SquadronAFC
during the autumn of 1918. Alberry
lost a leg at the Battle of Pozieres,
but petitioned King George V for a
transfer to the AFC.RIGHT:One of the classic aircraft on
show was this 1929 Fleet Model 2
(serial 158) owned by Eric Shipton.