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The new Crookwell Aero Club logo
Community Meeting
A snapshot for the community meeting we had to reform the club.
VH-AAD
VH-AAD spreading a load at Laggan.
Photo- Keith Robey
Photo- Keith Robey
Dr W. Arthur Kerr
The appreciation certificate presented to Dr Kerr in 1929
Aerodrome Licence No.29
The original aerodrome licence documents.
Southern Cross
Photographed at Crookwell
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
One of Australia's most celebrated pioneering aviators. His famous aircraft, the Southern Cross, visited Crookwell in August 1934, piloted by P. G. Taylor.
DH60 Moth G-AUAE
One of the visiting aircrafts at the first fly-in.
Photogragh: Ed Coates Collection
Photogragh: Ed Coates Collection
April 2000
This commemorative plaque was unveiled at the Crookwell Aerodrome in 2000, honouring Captain Geoffrey Hughes and his wife, Margaret, who flew from Sydney for the aerodrome's official opening in 1929.
The plaque was unveiled by Mr Tom Hughes, son of Captain Geoffrey Hughes.
Photograph: Austin Cummins
The plaque was unveiled by Mr Tom Hughes, son of Captain Geoffrey Hughes.
Photograph: Austin Cummins
DH60 Moth VH-UAE
Originally registered G-AUAE.
The aircraft was among the nine planes that visited Crookwell for its major fly-in on 16th June 1928.
Photograph: Phil Vabre
The aircraft was among the nine planes that visited Crookwell for its major fly-in on 16th June 1928.
Photograph: Phil Vabre
The Original Badge
This is the original Crookwell & District Aero Club badge.
Photograph: Austin Cummins
Photograph: Austin Cummins
May Bradford
Pioneering Australian aviator and aircraft engineer May Bradford with her British Klemm Eagle monoplane, VH-USI.
She was invited to attend a proposed Crookwell air pageant in November 1936.
Original photographer unknown. Reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell" Austin Cummins 2016.
She was invited to attend a proposed Crookwell air pageant in November 1936.
Original photographer unknown. Reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell" Austin Cummins 2016.
May Bradford
May Bradford was a pioneering Australian pilot and aircraft engineer. She held both private and commercial pilot licences and was the only woman in Australia, at the time, to hold both A and B ground engineer certificate.
Photographer unknown
Photographer unknown
Les "Lucky" Holden
Decorated First World War pilot Les "Lucky" Holden landed this DH-61 Giant Moth on the old Crookwell racecourse during his visit in December 1929.
Photographer: unknown. Reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell", Austin Cummins 2016
Photographer: unknown. Reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell", Austin Cummins 2016
Founding President Dr W. Arthur Kerr
Original photographer unknown. Reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell", Austin Cummins 2016
Crookwell's first air crash 1920
Crookwell's first air crash, showing residents gathering around - no one was injured in the crash, however, the aircraft suffered substantial damage.
Photographer unknown. Reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell", complied by Austin Cummins, 2016
Photographer unknown. Reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell", complied by Austin Cummins, 2016
The air pageant 1929
Dr Kerr addressing the enormous pageant crowds - it's believed about 3000 people attended this event.
Original source unknown. Reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell", Austin Cummins 2016.
Original source unknown. Reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell", Austin Cummins 2016.
1954 Plans
A plan showing the proposed land exchanged and boundary alterations intended to enlarge and improve Crookwell Aerodrome for modern aircraft.
Historical plan reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell" by Austin Cummins 2016.
Historical plan reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell" by Austin Cummins 2016.
Crookwell Aerodrome 2015
Ground level view of the Crookwell Aerodrome.
Photograph: Austin Cummins
Photograph: Austin Cummins
Curtiss Ireland G-AUFQ
Photographs: Ed Coates Collection. Reproduced from "Aviation in Crookwell", Austin Cummins 2016
Crookwell Aerodrome 2015
Aerial view of the Crookwell Aerodrome. surrounded by farms and rolling countryside of the Southern Tablelands.
Photograph: Ashley Evans
Photograph: Ashley Evans
Captain Bill Lancaster and Jessie "Chubbie" Miller
Captain Bill Lancaster and Jessie "Chubbie" Miller aboard the Avro Avian Red Rose. The famous aircraft visited Crookwell on the 3rd of November 1928, offering popular passenger flights from the aerodrome,
Southern Cross
Passengers leaving the Southern Cross following P.G. Taylor's flight at Crookwell on the 29th of August 1934.
Photographed by Dudley Wilkinson. Donated by Col McIntosh to the Crookwell & District Historical Society.
Photographed by Dudley Wilkinson. Donated by Col McIntosh to the Crookwell & District Historical Society.
Bill Lancaster and Jessie "Chubbie" Miller
November 1928
Student and instructor flight to Crookwell on RAAus NAV endorsement training.
Photo by Mark Peters
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