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Aero Circus | The Queensland Air Museum
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In this issue, we are taking a peek at one of Australia’s premier aviation museums: the Queensland Air Museum (QAM). The clowns from Aero Circus regularly pay a visit to get a fix of aviation nostalgia. This article relives some of our earlier visits in visual format.
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Every day
Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra is open almost every day of the year. The museum is run entirely by volunteers and is funded solely by visitors and donations. With around 80 aircraft on display, visitors can experience anything from the smallest microlight to the legendary F-111.
Then and now
Until a few years ago, the museum would host an Open Cockpit Weekend annually in July. Visitors could climb over many of the aircraft, sit in the pilot’s seat and see things that most people never do. The photos on these pages are from some of those weekends. Now there are four themed Saturdays each year. Some aircraft cockpits will be open, subject to volunteers being available to supervise. The next themed day is ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ which is planned for Saturday, 13 January 2024. Anyone with the slightest interest in aviation needs to pay a visit. You can check it out at qldair.museum.
Special thanks to Nick Demchinsky for his superb photography.
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Aero Circus is run by a small group of pilots who are independent of airlines, employers, flying schools or other industry associations. They attempt to write unbiased articles with the aim of helping pilots of any experience level get more out of aviation. Check them out at aerocircus.com.au.
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