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The Australian Connection


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CSIR scale model fitted with 6cc pusher motor

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Aircraft (Australian), October, 1947, p40


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The SUI-1 of October 1946

captions taken directly from the scrapbook pages


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Page 1 of the Sydney University SUI Project Scrapbook - October 1946

courtesy of Keith Meggs

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"Murray [Evans] casts a critical eye over the SUI-1"

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"The launcher"

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"The SUI-1 gets away on the towline"

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The SUI-3 of January 1947

caption taken directly from the scrapbook pages*


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Page 2 of the Sydney University SUI Project Scrapbook - January 1947

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"Des Belot and Murray Evans with the SUI-3 on the rocket launching ramp"*

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"Murray Evans with the SUI-3 on the rocket launching ramp (detail)"*

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SUI-3

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SUI-3 on launch

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SUI-3 (alternate image not from the scrapbook pages)

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Des Belot, of CSIR

Des is about to launch on a catapault, a rocket powered scale model of a then planned 12' span aircraft to be used by the Meteorology service

Aircraft (Australian), October, 1947, p40

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Aircraft (Australian), October, 1947, p42

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