AEROPLANE READER TOUR - Australian Adventure

THE BIG ONE! Our most ambitious and comprehensive aviation tour so far: an 18-day epic adventure around Australia - accompanied by Aeroplane magazine's Editor. Taking in Far East stopovers in Hong Kong and Singapore (including a night at the historic Raffles Hotel), 22 aviation museums, collections and memorials,and a day's visit to Temora Flying Weekend airshow. PLUS the possibility of optional extensions to the Great Barrier Reef, and to Perth & Alice Springs.


Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the heart of the Outback; and Sydney Opera House.

SEPTEMBER 27 — OCTOBER 14, 2008
Highlights of the tour include:

• Hong Kong outbound stopover, inc Star Ferry & Peak Railway
• Ross & Keith Smith War Memorial at Adelaide airport
• Spitfire Museum (Langdon Badger Trust), Glenelg
• Free time in Adelaide
• Southern Aviation Museum, Port Adelaide
• Southern Cross Museum Trust & Classic Jets Fighter Museum, Parafield
• Free Day in Melbourne (optional balloon flight over Yarra Valley, then wine-tasting)
• Tiger Moth World and Old Aeroplane Co (optional pleasure-flying)
• Melbourne Museum
• RAAF Museum, Point Cook
• Moorabbin Air Museum
• Caboolture Warplane Museum
• Queensland Air Museum (optional flights);
• Museum of Army Flying, Oakey
• Zuccoli Collection, Toowoomba
• Free time in Sydney
• Kingsford Smith Memorial
• Powerhouse Museum
• Australian Aviation Museum, Bankstown
• Historic Aircraft Restoration Society, Wollongong
• Naval Aviation Museum and RAAF Historic Flight, Nowra
• Australian War Memorial (& storage centre)
• Temora Flying Weekend airshow
• Singapore homebound stopover, staying at Raffles Hotel
• RSAF Museum & Singapore city tour; free time at Clarke's Quay

PLUS A possibility of optional extensions to Great Barrier Reef (Cairns), Perth & Alice Springs.

TOUR PRICE PER PERSON: £3,650. Based on sharing a twin-bedded room (£715 Single room supplement).

To secure a place on this tour, or to request a full itinerary (details are currently provisional), call Deborah at Ian Allan Aviation Tours on 01932 255 625.



Aircraft illustrations (from top): Fokker F.VIIb-3m Southern Cross at Brisbane; a typical scene at Temora, New South Wales; CAC Wirraways at the Caboolture Warplane Museum in Queensland. Photos: James Kightly.