RAAF Museum

RAAF Museum is the official museum of the Royal Australian Air Force, the second oldest air force in the world, located at RAAF Williams Point Cook, Victoria, Australia. The museum displays aircraft of significance to the RAAF from its inception as the Australian Flying Corps to the present. At the direction of Air Marshal Sir George Jones, the RAAF Museum was formed in 1952 and fell under the administration of Headquarters Point Cook until 1988 when it became a separate unit of the RAAF.

Entry
Entry to the museum is free. The operating hours are Tuesday to Friday 10am - 3pm, Weekends and Public Holidays 10am - 5pm. The museum is closed on Mondays, Christmas Day, and Good Friday.

Aircraft on display
Not all of the Museum's collection is permanently exhibited. Among those currently on display are:

Static display
Some of the aircraft, helicopters and missiles displayed in different exhibitions are:

Training Hangar

 * Maurice Farman Shorthorn
 * Avro 504K
 * de Havilland Tiger Moth
 * de Havilland Vampire T Mk 35
 * CAC Winjeel
 * New Zealand Aerospace Industries CT4A
 * Aermacchi MB-326H

Technology Hangar

 * Supermarine Walrus
 * Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
 * Douglas Boston
 * Dassault Mirage III
 * de Havilland Vampire F.30
 * UH-1B Iroquois
 * Bristol Bloodhound SAM

Hangar 180

 * CAC Boomerang
 * Consolidated Catalina
 * GAF Pika
 * GAF Jindivik
 * Hawker Demon
 * Avro Cadet
 * DH 84 Dragon
 * Bell UH-1 Iroquois
 * Cessna Bird Dog
 * Sikorsky S-51 Dragonfly

Outdoors

 * Lockheed C-130A Hercules
 * Lockheed C-130E Hercules
 * Lockheed C-130H Hercules
 * Hawker Siddeley HS 748
 * Bristol Freighter
 * CAC Sabre
 * Bristol Bloodhound missile (and launcher)

Strke Aircraft Hangar

 * Mcdonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom
 * General Dynamic F-111C
 * GAF Canberra

Aircraft in storage
Currently non-displayed aircraft include:
 * Avro 707A WD280
 * CAC Wirraway
 * Douglas C-47 Dakota
 * Gloster Meteor T 7
 * Gloster Meteor F 8
 * CAC Winjeel
 * Lockheed Neptune
 * North American Harvard
 * Lockheed Ventura
 * de Havilland Vampire T Mk 35

Flying display
The museum conducts an interactive flying display at 1pm (1300) every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday for visitors. Aircraft include the museum's own CA-18 Mustang, CAC Winjeel, CT4A Trainer, DH Tiger Moth and Sopwith Pup. Also visiting aircraft from other museums and operators participate in these displays.