Page 40 - Marks Test - Old Insight

The museum has gone from not having a Bell/CAC Kiowa helicopter to being positively up
to our armpits in them. Following on from the disposals process the museum acquired
three airframes A17-06 45 and 55, plus a consignment of spares, from which we can
make two complete airframes and a mobile display cockpit.. The Kiowas arrived at the
museum by road on August 25th. Kiowa A17-55 is the youngest surviving aircraft built by
CAC and it is intended to display it next to Wirraway A20-10; the oldest.

Lifting A17-45 at the museum.
This is probably the last time
the old bird feels air under its
skids. One thing we didn’t
receive in the parts package
was a tail rotor. Member
Chris Large received a Bell 206
tail rotor from his son a few
years ago as a Christmas
present and was going to turn it
into a ceiling fan until he
realized it was common to the
Kiowa and donated it the
museum. Well done that
man !!!!