The CAC Wackett Trainer, or simply Wackett, [2] was the first aircraft type designed in-house by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation of Australia. The name was derived from its designer Lawrence Wackett. The type was designed to meet RAAF Specification 3/38 for an ab initio training aircraft. [1] .

These indigenous designs include the Wackett, which was only the second type produced by the company. The Wackett was a simple trainer aircraft, but later designs during World War II were the sophisticated Woomera and CA-15, however these types were destined to …

2019年5月19日 · The CAC CA-6 Wackett, named after its designer, Sir Lawrence Wackett, was developed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation as an intermediate step between the elementary trainer, the de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth, …

Wackett left Tugan to join the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, where he led the local production of the licence built NA-16 as the CAC Wirraway. The second type to emerge from CAC under Wackett's stewardship was the eponymous Wackett Trainer, the first prototype flying for the first time just after the outbreak of World War II.

2016年3月20日 · The CAC Wackett was an indigenously designed and developed dedicated basic trainer for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War 2. CAC was perhaps best known for its CAC "Boomerang" fighter, which followed the Wackett into service, allowing an aero industry to be established in Australia during a particularly dangerous and ...

The CAC Wackett was a basic trainer aircraft designed and developed for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. CAC is probably best known for its CAC "Boomerang" fighter jets, which followed Wacker into aviation, which would be established in Australia during a particularly dangerous and turbulent time for the country.

The first aircraft type designed in house by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation of Australia. It was a tandem seat fixed tailwheel-undercarriage, monoplane aircraft with a fuselage of steel tube and fabric construction and wings and tail made of wood.

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.

The CAC Wackett trainer was the first aircraft type designed in-house by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation of Australia. The name was derived from its designer Lawrence Wackett. The type was designed to meet RAAF Specification 3/38 for an ab initio training aircraft.[1]

The CAC Wackett trainer was the first aircraft designed in-house by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of Australia and built in Australia. The name was derived from its designer Lawrence Wackett. A database of photographs, desctriptions and locations of WWII wreckage remaining in Pacific.