The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) was an Australian aircraft manufacturer. The CAC was established in 1936, to provide Australia with the capability to produce military aircraft and engines.

The CAC Boomerang is a fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation between 1942 and 1945. Approved for production shortly following the Empire of Japan 's entry into the Second World War, the Boomerang was rapidly designed as to meet the urgent demands for fighter aircraft to equip the Royal ...

The CAC CA-15 was an Australian propeller -driven fighter aircraft designed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) during World War II. Due to protracted development, the project was not completed until after the war, and was cancelled after flight testing, when the advent of jet aircraft was imminent.

The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) was established in 1936, to provide Australia with the capability to produce military aircraft and engines. The Museum has the most complete collection of CAC aircraft in the world, with some being the oldest or only survivors.

2022年1月31日 · The aircraft featured its inline set in the nose and a streamlined spinner managed the four-bladed propeller unit. The CA-15 was a good initiative for the country and its most advanced wartime design to appear.

2018年6月5日 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the CAC Boomerang Single-Seat. Single-Engine Monoplane Fighter Aircraft including pictures.

CAC designed the training aircraft the Wackett and then the stop gap fighter, the Boomerang which was the only indiginously designed and built aircraft to see combat in WWII. The factory having a good working relationship with North American also produced the Mustang in later years.

2022年4月27日 · The finished book is an invaluable reference to the aircraft projects commenced by CAC – a total of 106 projects are described. These include projects which were brief conceptual works all the way to projects which entered series production. The political and economic context of the projects is also explained.

2016年4月24日 · The turbosupercharged Commonwealth CA-14 was Australia’s attempt to turn the outclassed Boomerang fighter into an aircraft that could meet the enemy on equal terms.

2023年6月24日 · Overshadowed by the innovations of jet-powered aircraft, the CA-15 project was scrapped in 1950. Had jet technology not entered the scene, the CAC CA-15 Kangaroo could very well have been one of the fastest piston-powered fighter aircraft ever made. Unfortunately, it is instead immortalized as an innovation that could not keep up with technology.