CAC Plant Reports 1941, numbers 74-85

The CAC Plant Reports for the first half of 1941 are shown in the viewer below. Click on the >> symbol for printing or downloading options.

Click here to view full-screen (opens a new tab)

1897 Edgar Wikner Percival (1897-1984), pilot and aircraft designer, was born on 23 February 1897 at Albury, New South Wales, second son of William Percival, a Sydney-born butter-manufacturer, and his wife Blanche Hilda Leontina, née Wikner, from Goulburn. Educated at Richmond Grammar School, he left at 15 to begin an engineering apprenticeship. He later studied at Sydney Technical College and the University of Sydney which from 1915 offered a short course in aviation engineering. Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

1911 On 23 February 1911, Frank Coles became Australia's first aircraft passenger when aviator Joseph Hammond took his mechanic aloft while demonstrating Bristol Boxkites in Victoria. Source: State Library of NSW website

1945 Lockheed RB-34A Ventura A59-9, ex #41-38108, (FD656), c/n 4764 operated by 1 OTU RAAF crashed at East Sale, Victoria on 23 February 1945. There were 6 fatalities and the aircraft was destroyed. It was taking part in a non-operational radar test when the aircraft struck the ground at high speed, breaking up over a wide area. Sources: ozatwar.com website; aviation-safety.net website

2007 Vans RV-4 VH-ZGH crashed at Clyde North, VIC on 23 February 2007. There were 2 fatalities and the aircraft was written off. Source: aviation-safety.net website