Fly Past

14 FLYPAST September 2018

NEWS THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE

Great War-themed museum opens

in Australia

The Australian Vintage Aviation Society offi cially opened the TAVAS Museum in Caboolture,

Queensland, on June 2. The attraction focuses on the fi rst 30 years of fl ight and houses the only

collection of fl ying Great War-era aircraft in the country. It includes 13 airframes and a roll of

honour listing all Australian World War One aces. http://www.tavas.com.au VIA TAVAS

The RAF’s centenary was celebrated

by over 1,000 people on June 2 at

Lough Erne in County Fermanagh,

Northern Ireland, a signifi cant

location for RAF Coastal Command

during the Battle of the Atlantic.

During World War Two, crews from

the RAF, Royal Canadian and Royal

Australian Air Forces operated

from the lakes using fl ying-boats

such as the Short Sunderland and

Consolidated Catalina against the

German U-boat fl eet. To mark the

occasion, a Panavia Tornado GR.

of IX (Bomber) Squadron overfl ew

the site of RAF Killadeas, and Plane

Sailing’s Catalina G-PBYA Miss Pick

Up landed on the lough, evoking

memories of times gone by.

WITH THANKS TO WG CDR TARA SCOTT

RAF 100th observed in

Northern Ireland

Consolidated Catalina ‘Miss Pick Up’ at

Lough Erne on June 2. ALAN JARDIN VIA

TARA SCOTT