#CAC Wirraway and Boomerang

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tawny plaza
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_Wirraway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_Boomerang
Aussie WW2 Trainer/Fighters

CAC Wirraway

The CAC Wirraway is a training and general purpose military aircraft manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) between 1939 and 1946. It was an Australian development of the North American NA-16 training aircraft. The Wirraway has been credited as being the foundation of Australian aircraft manufacturing.When the n...

CAC Boomerang

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 Au...

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CAC Boomerang specifcationa
Crew: 1
Length: 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
Height: 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Wing area: 225 sq ft (20.9 m2)
Empty weight: 5,373 lb (2,437 kg)
Gross weight: 7,699 lb (3,492 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 1,200 hp (890 kW)
Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propeller
Performance

Maximum speed: 305 mph (491 km/h, 265 kn) at 15,500 ft (4,724 m)
Range: 930 mi (1,500 km, 810 nmi)
Service ceiling: 29,000 ft (8,800 m)
Rate of climb: 2,940 ft/min (14.9 m/s)
Wing loading: 34.2 lb/sq ft (167 kg/m2)
Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (0.26 kW/kg)
Armament
Guns: ** 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) Hispano or CAC cannons
4 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns

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CAC Wirraway
Crew: 2
Length: 27 ft 10 in (8.48 m)
Wingspan: 43 ft 0 in (13.11 m)
Height: 8 ft 8+3⁄4 in (2.661 m) (excluding radio mast)
Wing area: 255.75 sq ft (23.760 m2)
Empty weight: 3,992 lb (1,811 kg)
Gross weight: 6,595 lb (2,991 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340 S1H1-G nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 600 hp (450 kW)
Performance

Maximum speed: 220 mph (350 km/h, 190 kn) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
Cruise speed: 182 mph (293 km/h, 158 kn) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
Range: 720 mi (1,160 km, 630 nmi) at 164 mph (143 kn; 264 km/h)
Service ceiling: 23,000 ft (7,000 m)
Rate of climb: 1,950 ft/min (9.9 m/s)
Armament
Guns: 2 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers Mk V machine guns synchronised to fire through the propeller arc and 1 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers GO machine gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit. Later versions had no Vickers Mk V guns, but had provision for 2 × 0.303 (7.7 mm) Browning AN-M2 machine guns mounted under the outer wing panels.[62]
Bombs:
2 × 500 lb (227 kg) bombs and 2× 250 lb (113 kg) bombs (CA 16 only) or
3 × 100 lb (45 kg) bombs or
12 × 8.5 lb (3.9 kg) or 115.5 lb (52.4 kg) bombs and 8 × marker flares

jovial plover
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Both already on trello @tawny plaza

tawny plaza
jovial plover
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both of them

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cac wirraway AND boomerang

tawny plaza
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i mean which trello

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nevermind found em

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aussie is making them

jovial plover
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suggestions trello

tawny plaza
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how many are there