CAC Wirraway

  • Wirr-away she goes: Success for plane salvagers

    Professional salvage diver Rod Knights and a dedicated team of volunteer aviation buffs lifted the fuselage of a CAC Wirraway aircraft to shore on the weekend, after the plane had laid in Lake Corangamite since crashing there in 1950.

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  • Plane rising from salt lake

    A salvage crew hopes to lift a historic CAC Wirraway aircraft from Lake Corangamite by the end of the month after reaching a major milestone in their decade-long mission.

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  • Marvels emerge from salt lake

    A plane salvage crew has marvelled at the condition of recovered parts of a CAC Wirraway aircraft that has spent 70 years submerged in Lake Corangamite.

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  • Plane salvage is continuing

    A planned salvage of a Second World War-era CAC Wirraway plane is continuing at a patient pace after inclement weather delayed the rescue.

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  • Wirraway crash witness eyes plane salvage

    Kevin Hyne watched a CAC Wirraway plunge into Lake Corangamite as a toddler in 1950. Seventy-one years later, he hopes to see it emerge again following a salvage attempt of the Second World War-era plane.

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  • Plane salvage begins

    Salvage diver and aviation enthusiast Rod Knights is on the verge of completing a decade-long mission to rescue a fallen Second World War-era fighter plane.

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