CAC Boomerang

what is it?

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 Australian Air Force (RAAF). It was the first combat aircraft designed and constructed in Australia.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 491 km/htop speed
• size 3,492 kgmax take-off weight
• built 250made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 84 years ago, in 1942.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1942-05-29

introduced

1943

status

retired

number built

250

role

fighter aircraft

origin

🇦🇺 Australia

makers

Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp

crew

1

length

7.8 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2.9 m

max take-off weight

3,492 kg

top speed

491 km/h

range

—

ceiling

8,839 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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