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Although Wirraway VH-WIR was the first aircraft to be flown to QAM at
Caloundra, there was an earlier delivery by air. On 15 July 1975, Meteor
TT20 WD647 was flown from Woomera to Archerfield on delivery to the
embryonic Queensland Air Museum. After the handover ceremony at
Archerfield, the Meteor was towed to temporary hangarage provided by
Hawker de Havilland. In the rear cockpit for the tow was fifteen year-old
Matthew Denning. It may have taken him 35 years but Matt is thus far
the only QAM member to gain a command on a QAM aeroplane! Occupying
the front seat of the Meteor is Tony Bradley who later drifted away
from QAM. Are you out there Tony? It is important to note that the Meteor
was gifted to QAM by the British Ministry of Defence and this was just
QAM's second year of operation. Thirty-five years later, QAM is still
waiting for an aeroplane to be gifted by its own Government. QAM hopes
that this anomalous situation will be rectified with the gifting of
a recently retired F-111. QUEENSLAND
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