Melbourne Airport 1945.
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Melbourne Airport 1945.
Melbourne Airport 1945.
Taken from an Ad Adstra aircraft
Zoom in for greater detail.....
Fisherman's Bend, Point Cook etc also available in same series from University of Melbourne.
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collec...ets/838d4c.jpg
Were cows required to wear ASIC cards?
Taken from an Ad Adstra aircraft
Zoom in for greater detail.....
Fisherman's Bend, Point Cook etc also available in same series from University of Melbourne.
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collec...ets/838d4c.jpg
Were cows required to wear ASIC cards?
Some of the hangars are still there if you check a photo from modern era https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=es...toria&t=h&z=16
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In the 1945 Photograph, the biggest aircraft on the tarmac were the DC3's.
In the 2012 Photograph, the biggest aircraft on the tarmac were the DC3's.
In the 2012 Photograph, the biggest aircraft on the tarmac were the DC3's.
The Airways Museum and Civil Aviation Historical Society have some good old stuff on their website Airways Museum / Civil Aviation Historical Society
Click on the 'History' tab on LHS, then find the 'Airports and Aerodromes' link on RHS of the next page (scroll down a bit).
Then scroll through the list of individual airports till you find Melbourne/ Essendon.
Click on the 'History' tab on LHS, then find the 'Airports and Aerodromes' link on RHS of the next page (scroll down a bit).
Then scroll through the list of individual airports till you find Melbourne/ Essendon.
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1955 Looking SW:
Essendon Airport | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Looking West:
Essendon Airport | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Looking SE:
Essendon Airport | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Some interesting "Then and now" pictures on this interesting thread:
Essendon Airport : Nostalgia Board - Melbourne, Victorian & Australian Architecture Topics
and a personal favorite, a TAA Lockheed L188 through the masses of gloved and hatted visitors to the terminal. Not a Bogan to be seen....
Digital Collections - Pictures - Sievers, Wolfgang, 1913-2007. [Interior of] Essendon Airport, Victoria [picture]
Essendon Airport | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Looking West:
Essendon Airport | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Looking SE:
Essendon Airport | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Some interesting "Then and now" pictures on this interesting thread:
Essendon Airport : Nostalgia Board - Melbourne, Victorian & Australian Architecture Topics
and a personal favorite, a TAA Lockheed L188 through the masses of gloved and hatted visitors to the terminal. Not a Bogan to be seen....
Digital Collections - Pictures - Sievers, Wolfgang, 1913-2007. [Interior of] Essendon Airport, Victoria [picture]
Last edited by Al E. Vator; 15th Jul 2012 at 04:41.
I took my 93yo grandmother to the historical museum a couple of years back as her father (Gus Hart) had been a radio operator there in the 30's - the first one solely dedicated to aircraft.
As she looked at the large aerial photograph on the wall, she remarked "Yes, I remember father working in that shed there [where the tanks are now], and we used to play on the grass outside."
As she looked at the large aerial photograph on the wall, she remarked "Yes, I remember father working in that shed there [where the tanks are now], and we used to play on the grass outside."
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IIRC, there was a tramline into the aerodrome. That section was closed some time after Tulla opened and extended further north up towards Gladstone Park shopping centre.