The Parkes Aviation Museum is located at the end of Muzycuk Drive at Parkes Airport. It is currently housed in a former RAAF hangar from the airport’s time as a World War Two air force base.
The…
The Parkes Aviation Museum is located at the end of Muzycuk Drive at Parkes Airport. It is currently housed in a former RAAF hangar from the airport’s time as a World War Two air force base.
The Museum is open Thursdays and Sunday - visit the museum's Facebook page for other special opening times.
Exhibits on display include a Bell AH-1 Huey Cobra, De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou (A4-275), De Havilland DH.114 Heron (VH – AHB), Convair 580 (VH-PDW), Douglas Dakota (C47a) "Oklahoma Girl", Macchi Trainer, Lockheed P2V5 Neptune 302, Westland Wessex Helo 813 , Grumman Tracker 843, Douglas C47a and Lockhed 12a Electra Junior.
The museum has also been working closely with students from Parkes High School, who have been preparing and painting aircraft for display. Come along and inspect Australian aviation history, and admire the history of the sky.
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