The Statute of Westminister 1931 was not adopted by the Australian Parliament until October 9th 1942, though made retrospective to the commencement of WWII in 1939 but it was not until 1986 that appeals to the Privy Council were finally abolished and Australian institutions were finally free from English oversight.
There is a flying De Havilland Comet at the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden in Bedfordshire, England, a beautiful red colour scheme. It set a speed record for the trip from UK to Australia.
In fact, the British Parliament only definitively gave up any power to legislate for Australia in 1986, with the Australia Act 1986, there was some uncertainty up to then as to the constitution situation, complicated by the separate relationship of the various States of Australia to the UK Parliament, one that pre-dated the confederation of Australia. I would have thought that the Fairey Battle would have been a bucket of cold water in the face to anyone minded to 'Buy British' for the sake of it, but there was also consideration of the ostensible neutrality of the USA up to December 1941.
Yet the RAAF strangely never adopted the Hawker Hurricane or any other British monoplane fighter for home defense purposes prior to WW2, and had to rely or fighter aircraft provided by the Americans (mainly the P-40 Kittyhawk) for the defense of Papau and the Australian mainland during most of 1942, that and the woefully inadequate Australian-made Wirraway which was based on an American training aircraft (the AT-6 Texan).
Very cool, right up until “We will deal with anybody.” at the end. China could make you some great and cheap civilian planes. You should specify better mate, haha ... hope this doesn’t open old political wounds. Oof. You Aussies and us Canucks took to aviation hard from the start. Hey are your Southern Aurorai as good as our northern ones?
The Statute of Westminister 1931 was not adopted by the Australian Parliament until October 9th 1942, though made retrospective to the commencement of WWII in 1939 but it was not until 1986 that appeals to the Privy Council were finally abolished and Australian institutions were finally free from English oversight.
Unbelievable but true.
There is a flying De Havilland Comet at the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden in Bedfordshire, England, a beautiful red colour scheme. It set a speed record for the trip from UK to Australia.
In fact, the British Parliament only definitively gave up any power to legislate for Australia in 1986, with the Australia Act 1986, there was some uncertainty up to then as to the constitution situation, complicated by the separate relationship of the various States of Australia to the UK Parliament, one that pre-dated the confederation of Australia. I would have thought that the Fairey Battle would have been a bucket of cold water in the face to anyone minded to 'Buy British' for the sake of it, but there was also consideration of the ostensible neutrality of the USA up to December 1941.
I agree. Good contribution to the history of the period.
Yet the RAAF strangely never adopted the Hawker Hurricane or any other British monoplane fighter for home defense purposes prior to WW2, and had to rely or fighter aircraft provided by the Americans (mainly the P-40 Kittyhawk) for the defense of Papau and the Australian mainland during most of 1942, that and the woefully inadequate Australian-made Wirraway which was based on an American training aircraft (the AT-6 Texan).
Very cool, right up until “We will deal with anybody.” at the end.
China could make you some great and cheap civilian planes. You should specify better mate, haha ... hope this doesn’t open old political wounds. Oof.
You Aussies and us Canucks took to aviation hard from the start.
Hey are your Southern Aurorai as good as our northern ones?
Johnny, Perth is a bit too north where Aurora Australis can be seen! I believe the Qantas Antarctic flights are awesome platforms for viewing.