Down Under ( Australia ) coverage

Having been station here in North America, getting pictures  from down under can get a little difficult and rare unless we make that 15 hr journey . Here are some Aussie jets from TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

Here are the Aircraft coverage

TYPE ARM UNIT S/N COMMENT
F-16C USAF 35TH TFW MISAWA JAPAN 90-0807 OPENING DISPLAY FOR THE SHOW, MURKEY GREY SKY MAKING THINGS A BIT DIFFICULT
LOCKHEED HUDSON VH-KOY OWNED AND OPERATED BY TEMORA AVIATION MUSEUM, TEMORA NSW.  SERVED AS A16-112 RAAF IN 14 SQUADRON

PAINTED TO REPRESENT A16-112 “TOJO BUSTERS” OF 6 SQUADRON RAAF

CH-47F CHINOOK AUSTRALIAN ARMY 5TH AVIATION REGIMENT TOWNSVILLE QUEENSLAND A15-305 OUR THIRD ITERATION OF THE “CHOOK” (C MODEL, D MODEL NOW F MODEL), GREAT SHOW OVER THE WATER AT LOW LEVEL

(CHOOK IS AN AUSSIE TERM FOR CHICKEN!)

F/A-18F RAAF 1 SQUADRON

AMBERLY QUEENSLAND

A44-202 NAMED “CITY OF IPSWICH”, NICE NOISY SHOW

 

DHC-4 CARIBOU VH-VBA UGLY? NOT AT ALL…BEAUTIFUL TO SEE AND HEAR – I LOVE THOSE TWO BIG RADIALS. ITS FANTASTIC THAT WE CAN STILL SEE A FLYING EXAMPLE OF THIS UNIQUE BIRD.

OWNED AND OPERATED BY “HARS”, WOLLONGONG NSW.

SERVED AS A4-210 WITH 38 SQUADRON RAAF

C-127 SPARTAN RAAF 35 SQUADRON RICHMOND NSW A34-001 OUR FIRST SPARTAN, AFTER MANY YEARS THE RAAF FINALLY ORDERED A CARIBOU REPLACEMENT.

IS IT AS CAPABLE  – TIME WILL TELL I GUESS.

C-130J HERCULES RAAF 37 SQUADRON RAAF A97-449 THE SUN BREAKING THROUGH AT LAST, FROM BEHIND THE PALM TREES WITH MAGNETIC ISLAND AS A BACKGROUND, A VERY SPIRITED DISPLAY BUY THE BIG “HERC”
SIKORSKY S-76 SPIRIT VH-HRP THESE CHOPPERS ARE CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE THE RAAF WITH ASR COVERAGE NATIONWIDE – SIMULATED RESCUE FROM THE SEA.
DASH-8 VH-LCL CONTRACTED TO DO SURVEY WORK FOR THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, QUITE AN ELAGANT SCHEME

Flying Display

Static Display

Article and Pictures from Lynden Crowle