Remarks: Close-cropped front view of the nose, engine intakes, and cockpit canopy of USAF F-22A Raptor 09-4194 Code FF Cn 645-4194, on static display at Avalon on Saturday 02Mar2013. Photo taken at the 2013 Avalon International Airshow. Is that a Red Robot in the cockpit, or just a colourful ejection seat cover?
Remarks: View of the cabin (looking forward) of Virgin Australia Airlines B737-8FE VH-VOS Cn 33800 on 31Jan2013. Photo taken Inflight over Victoria during a 0.9 hour flight from Canberra to Melbourne. All seats, including Economy Class, have In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) screens (shown featuring a white horse).
Remarks: Rear view of banking Goodyear FG-1D Corsair ZK-COR Cn 32823, being flown away from the airfield at low altitude by Keith Skilling at the Classic Fighters Omaka Airshow on Friday 29Mar2013. (The wheels are nearly retracted, and the main wheel doors are about to close.) Photo taken in hazy conditions before the Airshow’s Dusk/ Night display. The 'gull wings' of the Corsair are distinctive in this view, and the propeller is perfectly positioned.
Remarks: Front Port-side view of RAAF 1 Squadron F/A-18F 'Rhino' A44-205 Bu 167961 retracting wheels while departing Canberra Airport on Friday 03May2013. (The Super Hornet is fitted with two external fuel tanks on Stbd wing and Center-line stations (known as the 'Double Ugly' assymetric configuration). A44-205, and A44-219 operated by 6 Squadron, and C-17A A41-211 were visiting Canberra for Public Relations/ media exposure which accompanied a Government announcement that the RAAF will receive 12 new EA-18G Growler aircraft, in lieu of modifying 12 of the current F/A-18Fs (delivered with fixed fittings for conversion to Growler configuration).
Remarks: Close-up head-on view of the fuselage of C-17A A41-211 (120211) taxying out from Canberra Airport (YSCB) on Friday 03May2013. This pristine aircraft was delivered to 36 Squadron Amberley on 21Nov2012. C-17A A41-211, and F/A-18F Super Hornets A44-205 and A44-219, visited Canberra for Public Relations/ media exposure which accompanied a Government announcement that the RAAF will receive 12 new EA-18G Growler aircraft.
Remarks: Rear Port-side view of RAAF 6 Squadron F/A-18F 'Rhino' A44-219 Bu 167975 departing Canberra Airport on Friday 03May2013. (The Super Hornet is fitted with two external fuel tanks on Stbd wing and Center-line stations (known as the 'Double Ugly' assymetric configuration). A44-219, and A44-205 operated by 1 Squadron, and C-17A A41-211 visited Canberra for Public Relations/ media exposure which accompanied a Government announcement that the RAAF will receive 12 new EA-18G Growler aircraft, in lieu of modifying 12 of the current F/A-18Fs (delivered with fixed fittings for conversion to Growler configuration).
Remarks: Close-up view of the Rolls Royce Merlin engine of composite RAF 361 Spitfire Mk.IX (LF9) RR232 owned by Sydney collector Peter Sledge, on display at HMAS Albatross/ NAS Nowra on 06Oct1986. I believe that the fuselage of the Spitfire came from South Africa, the (clipped) wings from Thailand, and the Merlin engine came from an RAAF Lincoln bomber. The Restored Spitfire IX (Reg G-BRSF) was flown at Filton UK on 18Dec2012 by Bill Perrins. Low res photo.
Remarks: Australians commemorated the 98th Anniversary Anzac Day on 25 April 2013. In Canberra, the Anzac Day Parade and Marchpast was at the Australian War Memorial. After the playing of the Last Post, three RAAF F/A-18 Hornets from 2OCU Williamtown NSW performed this Formation Flypast - over both Parliament Houses, Anzac Parade, the AWM and Mt Ainslie. A21-43 (Callsign Hunter 12, at Right), is flying a little wide. Formation shown climbing over Lake Burley Griffin, with jet efflux 'melting' Reconciliation Place. (The lakeside Australian Flag is at Half Mast.) Lest We Forget.
Remarks: Head-on top-side view of Royal New Zealand Navy Seasprite NZ3604, pulling pitch with wheels down in dull conditions on Sunday 31Mar2013, at the Classic Fighters Omaka Airshow (at NZOM, near Blenheim NZ). The hills at rear are obscured by fog, after overnight rain. The helo looks like a large preying mantis from this angle.
Remarks: Stbd top-side view of RNZAF Red Checkers CT-4E Airtrainer NZ1988 Cn 203 doing a flypast after sunset during the Dusk/ Night display at the Classic Fighters Omaka Airshow on Friday 29Mar2013. The ‘Plastic Parrot’s’ lights are On, and smoke is On. The Pilot’s Name on the canopy sill is Sqn Ldr Matt Alcock.
Remarks: Rear Port side view of USAF F-16CJ Fighting Falcon 90-0824 Code WW Cn CC-24, rolling out ‘nose-high’ on Avalon's Rwy 18 on Sunday 03Mar2013 . The flaps and speed brakes are deployed in this view, taken after a high energy flying display at the 2013 Avalon International Airshow.
Remarks: Stbd side view of Nord 1002 ZK-WFI Cn 103 with sunset background, taking off from the airfield at the Classic Fighters Omaka Airshow on Friday 29Mar2013. Photo taken at the start of the Airshow’s Dusk/ Night display. The Warbird, masquerading as a Messerschmitt Me-108, duelled with Avro Anson I ZK-RRA (ex K6183) during the early evening, complete with simulated gunfire.
Remarks: Port side view of USAF F-16CJ Fighting Falcon 90-0824 Code WW Cn CC-24, moments after touchdown on Avalon's Rwy 18 on Sunday 03Mar2013. This photo was taken at the end of a high energy flying display at the 2013 Avalon International Airshow. (This aircraft was also on display at the 2011 Avalon International Airshow.)
Remarks: Port side view of USAF F-22A Raptor 09-4173 Code FF Cn 645-4173, doing a ‘Top-Side’ pass over Avalon's Rwy 18 on Saturday 02Mar2013. This photo was taken during a high energy flying display by Major Henry Schantz at the 2013 Avalon International Airshow. This was the first occasion that a Raptor has done a flying display at Avalon. In 2011 two F-22A aircraft remained on static display throughout the Airshow.
Remarks: Sun-lit under-side view of USAF F-22A Raptor 09-4194 Code FF Cn 645-4194, performing a tight turn (with after-burner) over on Avalon's Rwy 18/36 on Sunday 03Mar2013. This photo was taken during a high energy flying display by Major Henry Schantz at the 2013 Avalon International Airshow. (Raptor 10-4194, assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron, was the Second-Last Raptor built).
