A collection of information about Bankstown airport: work in progress:

Contents:

Miscellaneous. 1

From Aircraft Magazine, early years. 2

Airflite. 2

Bristol 2

De Havilland advertisements. 2

De Havilland stories: 3

Fawcett 3

Rex. 3

Fairey-Clyde or Clyde engineering. 3

Worldwide Aviation. 4

Rex. 4

RAC.. 4

Transfield Airtruk. 4

A big list of material on the internet is contained in this file

Miscellaneous

A collection of pictures of the airfield, mainly vertical

Other odd files

Some early pictures of US involvement, 24 squadron etc

Dates of the Bankstown bunker word document from Wikipedia, the only such referenc!

History of Bankstown airport commissioned by BAL April 2006

Article on Bellman Hangars

Lease of Bankstown buildings as at Sept 1947: needs to be printed rather than read on screen

Aircraft article on Bankstown Feb 62 June 63

1992 approximately: excellent article on Millicer and the Victa aircraft from Aero Australia files

Thursday, 8 March 2001 Daryl Melham, MP speech in House of Representatives against airport expansion with jet aircraft; another speech Wednesday, 11 August 2004

Andrea Brew, Thematic study of airfields, November 2001- coverage of whole state (Word document)

December 2003: Sydney Basin Airports Acquisition – sales pitch of James Fielding Group

Leightons Properties newsletter Issue 4 March 2004 re buying in to Bankstown, Camden, Hoxton Park

Western Sydney Thematic History State Heritage Register Project, Terry Kass, full history with chapter on aviation (Word document)

Submission by the Shopping Centre Council of Australia 2005 approx opposing airport development

October 2005 Mirvac presentation to investors

Wednesday October 1, 2008 State Heritage Register Committee meeting minutes re status of Bankstown airport and surrounds

British Pacific Fleet composition

List of major articles in Australian Aircraft magazine 1924 to 1992 (Word document, 126 pages)

1964 air race details in Aircraft

Bankstown chamber of commerce Aug 64

From Aircraft Magazine, early years

Airflite

ad Feb 48

Aircraft disposals late 1946

Bristol

Jul 57 Bristol freighter ad Mar 60 Bloodhound May 59 DH as agent Jun 63

De Havilland advertisements

Oct 1946 Oct 47 Oct 51 (Chipmunk)

Nov 47 Jan 53 Oct 53 Jan 60 (Dove)

Sept 48 (Drover) Feb 1952 Jun 52

Heron Jan 51 Oct 53 Jan 55 Dec 56

Sea Venom Oct 51 Jul 53 May 56 Nov 56

Vampire trainer May 52 Oct 57

Beaver Apr 53 Jul 56 Oct 57 Apr 58 (Antarctic) May 65 (turbo Beaver)

Otter Jun 58

Caribou Mar 58 Feb 60 Feb 63

General (seeking general aviation work) Feb 57 30 years anniversary Mar 57 also this one (story) Nov 61

Comet Jul 57 Dec 57 Oct 58 (also DH 121)

DH 125 Feb 62 125 Jun 63

DH ads for non DH aircraft Jan 51 (Ambassador agency) Cessna Aug 57 Cessna story Dec 82 Jet Provost Dec 58 May 59 Beechcraft Apr 59 May 60 Jul 60 Feb 62 Oct 62 Sale to TAA Oct 64 Piaggio (story and ad) Jun 60 Oct 61 Moraine Sauliner Rallye Jun 61 March 62 Trident April 64 HS 748, originally Avro Oct 62 Apr 64 Folland Gnat Mar 63 Aug 63 Argosy Jun 63 Aug 63