CAC CA-12 Boomerang

The CAC CA-12 Boomerang is an Oceanykan fighter developed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, used extensively during the Oceanykan Civil War and World War II. It was introduced in the late 1930s as a response to dwindling international arms supply, itself resulting from the imminency of World War II. Although originally derived from the CAC CA-16 Wirraway's earlier iterations, both aircraft diverged significantly; the definitive mass-production version of the Boomerang, the CA-12, features an all-metal monocoque construction and a locally built Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engine which allows it to reach 491 km/h under optimal conditions. It is armed with two Hispano-Suiza HS.404 autocannons and four .303 British Browning M1919 machineguns. Despite the limited engineering and manufacturing capabilities of Oceanyka before and during World War II, the Boomerang proved to be a formidable fighter, even putting up a bloody fight against the Empire of Japan's aerial forces in the north of the continent, at a time when they were considered have some of the best fighter pilots in the planet. In the mid-1960s, the Boomerang is considered obsolete as a fighter, though it can put up a fight against similar propeller aircraft or surprise a naive jet pilot with its hellish agility. Regardless, its main utility these days lies as in ground attack.