• Aircraft:

  CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30

• Reg: A94-988 photos
• Serial #:

  CA27-88

• Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
• Photo Date: Mar 25, 1970
• Uploaded: Dec 14, 2009
• Williamtown Air Force Base - YWLM, Australia

A Massed Formation was flown over RAAF Base Williamtown on 25Mar1970. Every serviceable aircraft was airborne - Mirages, Sabres, Macchi MB-326Hs, Vampires, FAC Winjeels, and SAR UH-1Bs took part. The Flight marked the re-formation of No 5 Operational Training Unit (5OTU) on 01Apr1970. This photo shows six 5OTU Sabres doing a formaton flypast, including A94-988. (Note Blue tail fin with White Flash.) Flight Date and Serial Number obtained from the Logbook of a 5OTU Sabre Pilot who flew in the Formation.

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Aircraft

A Massed Formation was flown over RAAF Base Williamtown YWLM on 25Mar1970

Wal Nelowkin A94-988

3,143 1 0 CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.32

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Charlie-Aviationphotography VH-XWQ

323 1 0 Fokker 100

Tzeman Kenny Ho A27-13

277 1 0 British Aerospace Hawk Mk.127 Lead-In Fighter

Hadley H VH-FTS

278 0 0 CAC CA-25 Winjeel

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Low res close-cropped front Portside view of USA Air Force General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 87-0242 MSN 5C-503 (Code 86thWG) on static display at Farnborough EGLF on 12Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin 87-0242

89 0 0 General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon

Close-cropped rear Portside view of US Navy VFA-81 F/A-18C Hornet Bu 163508 Code AA-401 on static display at Farnborough EGLF on 12Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin 163508

84 0 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet

Front Stbd view of seven UK Air Force (Royal Air Force) British Aerospace Hawk T1A aircraft (including XX264 Cn 100-312100, in RAF ‘Red Arrows’ livery) each trailing tainted White smoke (in an Inverted V - ‘Gable’ formation) against a Bronze coloured sky – at Farnborough EGLF on 09Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin XX264

235 4 0 British Aerospace Hawk T.1A