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Old 28th Oct 2016, 10:28
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Yep, we've got one here in Toowoomba. Darling Downs Aeroclub owns it
It was moved from Okay to Toowoomba when the DDAC moved from the Bridge St side of the aerodrome.

Sir Donald Anderson ran the Department, and on a visit to Toowoomba, the then President Jack Kelly pointed out to Sir Donald that the Aero Club needed a hangar on the southern side of the newly constructed runway; and it so happened there were plenty of hangars at Oakey. The Department owned the Oakey Airport which had been a major RAAF Base during the War.

In the mid sixties, Sir Donald arranged for the sale to the Aero Club, for the price of 1 pound; one of the Bellman hangars at Oakey, on condition that the Aero Club pay for the removal and reconstruction. Jack Kelly was a builder and arranged just that. The Aero Club constructed the Bellman hangar on the southern side of the Airport in the new Mutze Street, off Greenwattle Street. Not long after the money was found to build a small brick building for its Club rooms on the eastern side of the hangar, having already constructed a lean-to on the western side which contained office space and instructors' rooms.
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