The home of the Royal Australian Air Force, Point Cook was established in March 1913 as the location for the Central Flying School, and was in continuous operation as a flying training base from 1914 until 1992.
RAAF Base Point Cook covers 341 ha and is located approximately 26 km from Melbourne CBD and 8 km south of RAAF Williams.
Point Cook is considered the birthplace and the spiritual home of the RAAF. It is also the airport at which the Royal Victorian Aero Club was established. It contains a memorial parade ground which was built in the 1920s, a site which was previously used by the AFC for drill training. Point Cook still has an operating airfield, but military operations are generally restricted to the museum based there. The airfield is used by a number of general aviation users, although it is still classified as a military aerodrome. It is the oldest continuously operating military aerodrome in the world.
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Does Point Cook Airport work for RAAF? I was told that this airport is for flight training by RMIT University.
3 years ago
The base itself is owned by the Department of Defence and operated by the Royal Australian Air Force however it is not an active defence base (2021), yes there is a RMIT university there.
3 years ago
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JeremyGolf
Thank you for making a RAAF Base Point Cook. Looks a beautiful job. Are you planning on doing RAAF Richmond in NSW? If not I'll do it but I have plenty to do if you're planning on doing it.
If you are going to do it and you'd like some photos, let me know what you'd like pics of and I'll go get them for you. I live only 10km away from it.
Cheers
Mike Kear
Windsor, NSW, Australia
3 years ago
Mike, Thanks for the offer. I have worked at RAAF Richmond a few times and have quite a bit of data on it. I am still debating what RAAF base will be my next project. TAG21
3 years ago
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