On 16 June 2022, SAAM was pleased to take delivery of our latest aircraft, McDonnell-Douglas FA-18 Hornet A21-32. It has now been assembled and is on display in Hangar 1. It looks amazing alonside our General Dynamics F-111C A8-132. You may also notice the push along planes at the lower left.

After more than 4 years in planning and construction, this magnificent model of the HMAS Melbourne is now on display. Constructed by Task Force 72 model ship builders, the Plastic Modellers Association of SA and S.A.A.M. members.

New History Group Profiles
BENNETT, Clarence Charles
Centenary of the first Aircraft built in Australia - AVRO 504K
The Parafield Messerschmitt

SAAM is a non-profit organisation run entirely by volunteers. Our focus is to collect, record and display the history of civil and military aviation in South Australia. We have two large display hangars with more than 20 aircraft displayed along with aviation and aerospace displays. Our maintenance and restoration hangar is often described as 'the best men's shed' in Adelaide. SAAM also has an extensive library collection that is available for use by SAAM members (and bona fide researchers). Our history group conducts research on South Australian aviators and aviation and publish their research on this website and in books.

Some of our collections are displayed in our hangars (see above), while some are archival in nature and stored in our library or other storage areas. We also have an extensive digital collection that includes more than 75,000 native digital (or scanned) images. Access to our reference, archival & digital collections are reserved for SAAM members and bone fide researchers. For more information on accessing these collections, please go to our Library Page.