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Essendon Airport, the Glossary

Essendon Fields Airport, colloquially known by its former name Essendon Airport, is a public airport serving scheduled commercial, corporate-jet, charter and general aviation flights.^[1]

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Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Australia
Airports established in 1921
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Aeronautical Information Publication

In aviation, an Aeronautical Information Publication (or AIP) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization as a publication issued by or with the authority of a state and containing aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation.

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Air Force One

Air Force One is the official air traffic control designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States.

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Airco DH.4

The Airco DH.4 is a British two-seat biplane day bomber of the First World War.

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Airport

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.

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Airport West, Victoria

Airport West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area.

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Alan Cobham

Sir Alan John Cobham, KBE, AFC (6 May 1894 – 21 October 1973) was an English aviation pioneer.

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Ambulance Victoria

Ambulance Victoria (AV), a Victorian agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, is the statutory provider of pre-hospital emergency care and ambulance services in Victoria.

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Ansett Australia

Ansett Australia was a major Australian airline group, based in Melbourne, Victoria.

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Asphalt concrete

Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Government

The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or the Federal Government, is the national executive government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Australian National Airways

Australian National Airways (ANA) was Australia's predominant aerial carrier from the mid-1930s to the early 1950s.

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Avalon Airport

Avalon Airport is a domestic airport, located in Avalon in the City of Greater Geelong in Victoria, Australia. Essendon Airport and Avalon Airport are airports in Victoria (state).

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Beechcraft Super King Air

The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by Beechcraft.

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Boeing 707

The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

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Boeing 727

The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

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Calder Highway

Calder Highway is a rural highway in Australia, linking Mildura and the Victoria/New South Wales border to Bendigo, in North Central Victoria. Essendon Airport and Calder Highway are transport in the City of Moonee Valley.

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Cessna 402

The Cessna 401 and 402 are a series of 6 to 10 seat, light twin-piston engine aircraft.

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Charles Kingsford Smith

Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (9 February 18978 November 1935), nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer.

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Commonwealth Heritage List

The Commonwealth Heritage List is a heritage register established in 2003, which lists places under the control of the Australian government, on land or in waters directly owned by the Crown (in Australia, the Crown in right of the Commonwealth of Australia).

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.

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Cootamundra Herald

The Cootamundra Herald is a former printed bi-weekly newspaper now existing only on-line and containing little or no news of direct relevance to the community of Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.

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Country Roads Board

The Country Roads Board was a government authority responsible for the construction and maintenance of main roads in the state of Victoria, Australia between 1913 and 1983.

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De Havilland Comet

The de Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner.

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De Havilland DH.50

The de Havilland DH.50 was a 1920s British large single-engined biplane transport built by de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, and licence-built in Australia, Belgium, and Czechoslovakia.

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De Havilland Dove

The de Havilland DH.104 Dove is a British short-haul airliner developed and manufactured by de Havilland.

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Direct Factory Outlet

Direct Factory Outlet (DFO) is a brand of factory outlet shopping centres in Australia.

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Don Quixote (ballet)

Don Quixote is a ballet in three acts, based on episodes taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes.

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Douglas DC-3

The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II.

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Douglas DC-4

The Douglas DC-4 is an American four-engined (piston), propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.

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Douglas DC-6

The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958.

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Essendon Airport Air Traffic Control Tower

Essendon Airport Air Traffic Control Tower is a heritage-listed air traffic control tower at Essendon Airport, Wirraway Road, Strathmore, Victoria, Australia. Essendon Airport and Essendon Airport Air Traffic Control Tower are Buildings and structures in the City of Moonee Valley.

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Essendon Fields, Victoria

Essendon Fields is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area.

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Flinders Island Airport

Flinders Island Airport is a small regional airport located northwest of Whitemark on Flinders Island off the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia.

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Flinders Street, Melbourne

Flinders Street is a street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Floatplane

A floatplane is a type of seaplane with one or more slender floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy.

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Fokker F27 Friendship

The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner developed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.

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Funeral

A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances.

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Geelong Advertiser

The Geelong Advertiser is a daily newspaper circulating in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, the Bellarine Peninsula, and surrounding areas.

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Gowanbrae, Victoria

Gowanbrae is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area.

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Harold Holt

Harold Edward Holt (5 August 190817 December 1967) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance and presumed death in 1967.

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Herbert Larkin

Herbert Joseph Larkin, (8 October 1894 – 10 June 1972) was an Australian flying ace of the First World War credited with 11 confirmed victories.

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International Civil Aviation Organization

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.

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Jean Burns

Jean Ethel Burns (14 December 1919 – 25 May 2019) was an Australian aviator.

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Judy Maddigan

Judith Marilyn Maddigan (born 3 February 1948), Australian politician, was Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2005.

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Kelvin Thomson

Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955) is a former Australian politician.

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Kerang

Kerang is a town on the Loddon River in northern Victoria in Australia.

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King Island (Tasmania)

King Island is an island in the Bass Strait, belonging to the Australian state of Tasmania.

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King Island Airport

King Island Airport is a small regional airport located near the town of Currie on King Island off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia.

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Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer and actress.

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Lindsay Fox

Lindsay Edward Fox (born) is an Australian businessman.

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Linfox

Linfox is an Australian transport and logistics and supply chain business founded in 1956 by Lindsay Fox.

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List of airports in the Melbourne area

The following are active airports serving the Melbourne area. Essendon Airport and List of airports in the Melbourne area are airports in Victoria (state) and transport in Melbourne.

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List of airports in Victoria, Australia

This is a list of airports in the Australian state of Victoria. Essendon Airport and list of airports in Victoria, Australia are airports in Victoria (state).

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Lockheed L-188 Electra

The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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McDonnell Douglas DC-9

The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Melbourne Airport

Melbourne Airport, known locally as Tullamarine Airport, is the main international airport serving the city of Melbourne, the capital of the Australian state of Victoria. Essendon Airport and Melbourne Airport are airports in Victoria (state) and transport in Melbourne.

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Melbourne tram route 59

Melbourne tram route 59 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network from Airport West to Flinders Street station. Essendon Airport and Melbourne tram route 59 are transport in the City of Moonee Valley.

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Moorabbin Airport

Moorabbin (Harry Hawker) Airport is a mostly general aviation airport for light aircraft located in between the southern Melbourne suburbs of Heatherton, Cheltenham, Dingley Village and Mentone. Essendon Airport and Moorabbin Airport are airports in Victoria (state) and transport in Melbourne.

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Partenavia P.68

The Partenavia P.68, now Vulcanair P68, is a light aircraft designed by Luigi Pascale and initially built by Italian company Partenavia.

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Pilot-controlled lighting

Pilot-controlled lighting (PCL), also known as aircraft radio control of aerodrome lighting (ARCAL) or pilot-activated lighting (PAL), is a system that allows aircraft pilots to control the lighting of an airport or airfield's approach lights, runway edge lights, and taxiways via radio.

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Point Cook, Victoria

Point Cook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area.

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Precision approach path indicator

A precision approach path indicator (PAPI) is a system of lights on the side of an airport runway threshold that provides visual descent guidance information during final approach.

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Robert Helpmann

Sir Robert Murray Helpmann CBE (Helpman, 9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer.

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Royal Flying Doctor Service

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), commonly known as the Flying Doctor, is an air medical service in Australia.

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Royal Victorian Aero Club

The Royal Victorian Aero Club is an Australian aero club based at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne.

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Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer.

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Sharp Airlines

Sharp Airlines is a regional airline founded in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia in 1990.

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Signage systems

Signage systems are visually oriented information systems, consisting of signs, maps, arrows, color-codings systems, pictograms and different typographic elements.

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Stinson Model A

The Stinson Model A was a moderately successful airliner of the mid-1930s.

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Sydney Airport

Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport — colloquially Mascot Airport, Kingsford Smith Airport, or Sydney Airport — is an international airport serving Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located south of the Sydney central business district, in the Inner South suburb of Mascot. Essendon Airport and Sydney Airport are airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Australia.

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The Argus (Melbourne)

The Argus was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period.

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The Australian Ballet

The Australian Ballet (TAB) is the largest classical ballet company in Australia.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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The News (Adelaide)

The News was an afternoon daily tabloid newspaper in the city of Adelaide, South Australia, that had its origins in 1869, and ceased circulation in 1992.

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Trans Australia Airlines

Trans Australia Airlines (TAA), renamed Australian Airlines in 1986, was one of the two major Australian domestic airlines between its inception in 1946 and its merger with Qantas in September 1992.

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Transport in Australia

There are many forms of transport in Australia.

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Tullamarine Freeway

The Tullamarine Freeway (commonly referred to as The Tulla), is a major urban freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, linking Melbourne Airport to the Melbourne City Centre. Essendon Airport and Tullamarine Freeway are transport in the City of Moonee Valley.

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Tullamarine, Victoria

Tullamarine is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Brimbank, Hume and Merri-bek local government areas.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essendon_Airport

Also known as Melbourne Essendon Airport, Melbourne/Essendon Airport, YMEN.

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See also

Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Australia

Airports established in 1921

Buildings and structures in the City of Moonee Valley

Transport in Melbourne

Transport in the City of Moonee Valley

References