CAC Boomerang

The CAC Boomerang was a World War II fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia between 1942 and 1945. The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation produced Boomerangs under the production contract numbers CA-12 CA-13 CA-14 and CA-19 with aircraft supplied under each subsequent contract incorporating modifications and improvements. The Boomerang is significant as the first combat aircraft designed and built in Australia.

CAC Boomerang Background The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) was formed in 1936 as part of an Australian government scheme to establish an aircraft 1
The CAC Boomerang was a World War II fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia between 1942 and 1945.2
1/72 Airfix CAC Boomerang CA-13 converted CA-12 by means of changing the exhausts and we made our own canopies, etc.3
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Addons: Flight Replicas CAC Boomerang for FSX ReleasedAdd-ons developers news Flight Replicas has released their last creation, the CAC Boomerang CA-12/CA-13 from Microsoft Flight Simulator X.5
CAC Boomerang Designation sequence * Pre-1948 USSAC/F * Pursuit: P-61 - XP-62 - P-63 - P-64 - 6

Made by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.

Main Big photo Wikipedia: The CAC Boomerang was a World War II fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia between 1942 and 1945.7
Technical Discuss CAC Boomerang Manuals & Documents in the World War II - Aviation forums; I am trying to find CAC Boomerang Manuals and Documents. Specifically CAC overhaul and part guides.8
The CAC Boomerang came out of a design meeting called by Chief Engineer T.W.R. Air immediately after the Pearl Harbor bombing.9
The CAC Boomerang is a single-engine single-seat World War II fighter aircraft produced by the Australian manufacturer Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.10
The former Matt Denning CAC Boomerang at Temora. Now owned by Temora Aviation Museum but still flown by Matt. Lockheed Hudson at Temora.11
Height Main
292.1
Height Alt
2.92 m
Length Alt
7.77 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
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Range Main
930 mi
Loaded Weight Main
7699.0
Max Speed Alt
265
Type Of Prop
Radial engine
Introduced
1943
Loading Main
34
Power/mass Main
576.0
Bombs
Could be fitted when the large drop tank was not carried
Max Speed Main
305 mph
Ceiling Main
29000.0
Number Built
250
Crew
1
Max Speed More
at 15
500 ft
Loaded Weight Alt
3492.0
Area Main
225.0
Primary user
Royal Australian Air Force
Span Alt
10.97 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
895.0
Engine(prop)
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp
Manufacturer
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Status
Retired
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
29
Production End Year
1945
Origin
Australia
National Origin
Australia
Climb Rate Main
2940.0
Power Main
1
200 hp
Production Start Year
1942
Power/mass Alt
256
Guns
1200.0
Climb Rate Alt
14.9 m-s
Length Main
777.24
Span Main
1097.28
Area Alt
20.9 m²
Range Alt
810
Similar Aircraft
* A6M Zero* Bloch MB.150* Brewster Buffalo* Curtiss-Wright CW-21* F4F Wildcat* Polikarpov I-185* Nakajima Ki-43* North American P-64* P-36 Hawk* P-66 Vanguard* FFVS J 22
Related
* CAC Wirraway
Empty Weight Main
5373.0
Ceiling Alt
8
800 m
Category
Australian fighter aircraft 1940-1949
CAC aircraft
Produced
1942
Empty Weight Alt
2437.0
Loading Alt
167

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