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Originally Posted by Boozehound
F-111s still performing at airshows? I remember them saying that the last F-111 display was to be held at Avalon 09. So this one is going to be the last time for real?
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The F-111's are to be retired by 2010. Won't be flying after that, which means that Avalon in 2009 would indeed have been the last time you would have seen them. As did I at Amberley in 2008.
That being said, our last years River Festival was supposed to be the last time the F-111 was going to do the dump and burn for that event, but this year they brought it back again.
When I was at Amberley in 2008 the f-111's did more than they normally do at airshows and did quite a lengthy stunt display because it was the farewell. At the end, when it had finished doing all the stunts, it taxied very slowly and the crowds which were rapped around the runway all waved a very emotional goodbye.
I wish I was there at Williamtown
Can people give some comments of the day and some piccies?