Point
Cook Air Pageant.
The dates have been
announced for the
2014 Air
Pageant at Point Cook.
This will be a two day event held over the 1st and 2nd of March. The
show will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of
the Australian Flying Corp as well as the centenary of RAAF Point
Cook. While it’s too early for a list of participating aircraft
there is one machine certain for its first public outing – the
Bristol Boxkite replica aircraft.
It had its maiden flight
on Wednesday 11 September 2013 at Point Cook with former Air
Force Test Pilot Air Vice Marshal Mark Skidmore (retired) at the
controls,. The brainchild of Group Captain (retired) Ron Gretton,
AM, and Wing Commander (retired) Geoff Matthews, the Boxkite replica
was painstakingly built at the Museum and will eventually be a
showcase display for the public. The Boxkite has a rich history in
the evolution of military aviation in Australia and was the first
official military aircraft built in Australia that was used to train
Australia�s military aviators.
You can see the Boxkite
in action
HERE.