Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC)

[Guest Glenn]

This is an interesting read about the history of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.

 

http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/MEGGS_CAC.html

 

More info at -

 

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonweal ... orporation[/ame]

 

 

[Guest greg]

Interesting that there is mention of the wacket trainer, but no mention of the twin engined wacket bomber, both of which I have photographs,

 

Greg

 

 

[siznaudin]

Interesting that there is mention of the wacket trainer, but no mention of the twin engined wacket bomber, both of which I have photographs,Greg

So how many were built - nothing beyond the prototype?

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[Robbo]

crikey this is a topic from the past !

 

 

[siznaudin]

crikey this is a topic from the past !

G'day Robbo .. I hope there's no House Rule that gives a cut-out date to posts from the past?

Anyhow* - here's another of the CAC Woomera. And my question is a genuine one.. how many of them were built? Anyone out there know?

 

Cheers, Geoff. .....................................*have a Winfield

 

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[Guest Glenn]

Feel free to bring up any post from the last 4 years

 

 

[Robbo]

G'day Robbo .. I hope there's no House Rule that gives a cut-out date to posts from the past?Anyhow* - here's another of the CAC Woomera. And my question is a genuine one.. how many of them were built? Anyone out there know?

Cheers, Geoff. .....................................*have a Winfield

Nup as Glenn said no rule, I was just saying it was a blast from the past :biggrin:

 

 

[siznaudin]

Well that's good then, 'cause I guess I qualify as one of those (a blast from the past, that is...) -

 

 

[siznaudin]

I've just had a look-see in my copy of "Aircraft Pioneer" by the Man Himself .. L J Wackett, and he interestingly enough waxes eloquent re the Wirraway & Boomerang but makes only the briefest of references to the bomber, of which he says two prototypes were constructed. Possible inferences are that it was less than a total success, or else its role could be better and more efficiently fulfilled by another product(?)

 

 

[siznaudin]

A full account of the Wackett bomber can be found here..

 

http://www.dropbears.com/f/felix_noble/woomera.htm