Remarks: Port side view of new RAAF 1 Squadron F/A-18F 'Rhino' A44-204 taxying past after a high-energy handling display at the Williamtown Airshow on Sunday 19Sep2010. (The wing-mounted speed brakes are extended. Classic Hornets have a single dorsal speed brake.) This Super Hornet is fitted with just one external fuel tank on the Center-line station. (Sister-ship A44-207 used the non-symmetrical 'Double Ugly' configuratioin with two external tanks.) A44-204, which is based at Amberley in Queensland, wears USN Bu Number 167960.
Remarks: Port under-side view of new RAAF 1 Squadron F/A-18F 'Rhino' A44-204 doing a 'Dirty Pass / Garbage Run' (with everything hanging out), over Rwy 12 at the Williamtown Airshow on 19Sep2010. Photo taken during a high-energy handling display. This Super Hornet is fitted with just one external fuel tank on the Center-line station. (Sister-ship A44-207 used the non-symmetrical 'Double Ugly' configuratioin with two external tanks.) A44-204, which is based at Amberley in Queensland, wears USN Bu Number 167960. (RAAF F-111s will be Retired in December 2010, being replaced by F/A-18F Rhinos (as an interim Type) until delivery of F-35s.)
Remarks: Stbd under-side view of new RAAF 1 Squadron F/A-18F 'Rhino' A44-204 climbing with the GE F414 engines in After-Burner, over Rwy 30 at the Williamtown Airshow on 18Sep2010. Photo taken during a high-energy handling display. This Super Hornet is fitted with just one external fuel tank on the Center-line station. (Sister-ship A44-207 used the non-symmetrical 'Double Ugly' configuratioin with two external tanks.) A44-204, which is based at Amberley in Queensland, wears USN Bu Number 167960.
Remarks: High speed pass of an F/A18F Super Hornet at Williamtown Airshow. The pilot lined up the crowd and at about 800ft and just under the speed of sound went straight over the top of us. You can even see the afterburner exhaust plumes!
Remarks: Close cropped front Port side view of new RAAF 1 Squadron F/A-18F 'Rhino' A44-204, taxying at the Williamtown Airshow on 19Sep2010. The aircraft did a handling display, including a high-speed pass over the airfield. A44-204 is fitted with a single external fuel tank on the Center-line station. 'Sister-ship' A44-207, which also flew that day, was fitted with two external fuel tanks on Stbd wing and Center-line stations (known as the 'Double Ugly' assymetric configuration). RAAF F-111s will be Retired in December 2010, being replaced by F/A-18F Rhinos (as an interim Type) until delivery of F-35s.
Remarks: Rear Port side view of new RAAF 1 Squadron F/A-18F 'Rhino' A44-204 rolling out on Rwy 12 at the Williamtown Airshow on 18Sep2010, after a high-energy handling display. (Part of the Newcastle Airport terminal is visible at rear.) This Super Hornet is fitted with just one external fuel tank on the Center-line station. Sister-ship A44-207 used the non-symmetrical 'Double Ugly' configuratioin with two external tanks. A44-204, which is based at Amberley in Queensland, still wears USN Bu Number 167960.
Remarks: Two of five Super Hornets on delivery to the Royal Australian Airforce Seen here rotating on runway 23 headed for their final destination RAAF Amberley
