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Aircraft:
General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark
- Reg: A8-148 photos
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Serial #:
D1-24
- Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
- Photo Date: Mar 28, 1976
- Uploaded: Dec 26, 2010
- Amberley Air Force Base - YAMB, Australia
Notes:
This rare low res 1976 photo shows a Top-Side View of inverted RAAF F-111C A8-148 Cn D1-24 performing a Fuel Dump (without Burn) during a flypast at an Amberley Airshow on 28Mar1976. Yes, they had worked out the fact that lighting the After-Burners while dumping fuel created the now famous and historic 'Dump and Burn'. The RAAF F-111 fleet was retired on 03Dec 2010. The Final RAAF F-111 Flight was commanded by WG CDR Michael Gray (CO 6 Sqn) in A8-125 at Amberley on Friday 03Dec2010 (and the final Dump and Burn was performed by A8-126). Note: 1976 Amberley Airshow Date: 28Mar1976 / Photo Date advised by Ron Cuskelly, Vice-President - Queensland Air Museum (QAM).
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Notes
This rare low res 1976 photo shows a Top-Side View of inverted RAAF F-111C A8-148 Cn D1-24 performing a Fuel Dump (without Burn) during a flypast at an Amberley Airshow on 28Mar1976. Yes, they had worked out the fact that lighting the After-Burners while dumping fuel created the now famous and historic 'Dump and Burn'. The RAAF F-111 fleet was retired on 03Dec 2010. The Final RAAF F-111 Flight was commanded by WG CDR Michael Gray (CO 6 Sqn) in A8-125 at Amberley on Friday 03Dec2010 (and the final Dump and Burn was performed by A8-126). Note: 1976 Amberley Airshow Date: 28Mar1976 / Photo Date advised by Ron Cuskelly, Vice-President - Queensland Air Museum (QAM).Camera
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- Reg: A8-148 photos
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Aircraft:
General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark
- Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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Serial #:
D1-24
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Photo Location
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Amberley Air Force Base - YAMB
- Australia
