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Beautiful little Texan one holer. You can see its T6/SNJ heritage during his flight. Did CAF build this aircraft? Just read the title CAC question answered.

Nothing to do with the Harvard/Texan. Very different aircraft.

I believe it was developed from the Wirraway and its lineage is the NA-16 or Texan or Harvard.

The Wirraway trainer provided a starting point for the Boomerang's airframe. CAC general manager (and former chief designer) Lawrence Wackett and chief designer Fred David began detailed design work at the CAC factory in Fishermans Bend, Melbourne on 21 December 1941. David was a Jewish refugee from Austria, who had worked on aircraft designs for Heinkel in pre-Nazi Germany, as well as for Mitsubishi and Aichi in Japan.[1] As a result, he had a comprehensive knowledge of advanced contemporary fighter designs, including the Heinkel He 112 and A6M Zero.



Wirraway
manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) between 1939 and 1946. The aircraft was an Australian development of the North American NA-16 training aircraft. During World War II, the Wirraway served as the starting point for the design of the emergency fighter CAC Boomerang