Met up with an ' old ' friend today.... No129....never thought I'd see ' her ' again.
Yours truly standing with ' her ' ....I wonder if she remembered me.
I even have my old flying jacket after all these years.....man, that's nice and warm to wear....
They were good days....
Flash....ex RAAF....No1 Squadron.
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Met up with an ' old ' friend today.... No129....never thought I'd see ' her ' again.
Yours truly standing with ' her ' ....I wonder if she remembered me.
I even have my old flying jacket after all these years.....man, that's nice and warm to wear....
They were good days....
Flash....ex RAAF....No1 Squadron.
Excellent pics – I love the placard showing how the “Crew Escape Module” works.
These used to be RAAF grey when I worked at Amberley – has the F-111 been given a new paint job for the display?
Excellent pics – I love the placard showing how the “Crew Escape Module” works.
These used to be RAAF grey when I worked at Amberley – has the F-111 been given a new paint job for the display?
Cheers
Dennis
Hi Dennis ..
the camo pattern has been around for years, I think since the 80s (or perhaps Vietnam) that I can remember. All my old military books have our f-111s in camo...
Aye Flash !
I used to be a bit of a ground crew in the days of 'Golden Fleece' the , ( before the world got touchy and feely )
Aussies , Yanks and Kiwis , central plateau North island NZ , the Kiwi A4 Sky Hawks , cleaned up there in tactics (flew below the radar ) . Awsome to watch .
All were aloud to break 750mph , go for it !!! . Mach 2 , Not aloud that much these days .
Back in the days .
Our base was fly by . .
Brian.
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I hear you Matt , the last one went for 25K , minus its up-grades .
They took it away on a tandem trailer , scored !!! .
What a machine ...
I went into building for the Navy soon after ,,,
Brian.
I hear you Matt , the last one went for 25K , minus its up-grades .
They took it away on a tandem trailer , scored !!! .
What a machine ...
I went into building for the Navy soon after ,,,
Brian.
25k! no way!!! .... they seriously became scrap metal. I always thought they could do so much for the navy and air force. even after that disaster, jervis bay should've kept the ante up on the government to keep the A4s for longer then they did.
like the F-111.. another chapter in history ... and it sucks because they were so cool!
The NZ Gov't held on to these waiting for a sale .... that fell t
hru .
By then it was not hot news , a few Kiwi/Aussie bro's went to work .
The whole fleet of A4's with the best tech in the world on board ,,, and the sale was going south ..
the spare parts ???
I liked the ANZAC Navy by then , our tree hugging politicians knew better , NZ lost its Balls !!! Airborn style .
Those SkyHawks were world famous . And scary in the sky .
Taken by the same attitude that let the French walk after the 'Rainbow Warrior" was bombed in Auskland NZ ...
I know a lot about ....
thanks Flash ! .
Brian.
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Originally Posted by noeyedeer
25k! no way!!! .... they seriously became scrap metal. I always thought they could do so much for the navy and air force. even after that disaster, jervis bay should've kept the ante up on the government to keep the A4s for longer then they did.
like the F-111.. another chapter in history ... and it sucks because they were so cool!
The NZ Gov't held on to these waiting for a sale .... that fell t
hru .
By then it was not hot news , a few Kiwi/Aussie bro's went to work .
The whole fleet of A4's with the best tech in the world on board ,,, and the sale was going south ..
the spare parts ???
I liked the ANZAC Navy by then , our tree hugging politicians knew better , NZ lost its Balls !!! Airborn style .
Those SkyHawks were world famous . And scary in the sky .
Taken by the same attitude that let the French walk after the 'Rainbow Warrior" was bombed in Auskland NZ ...
I know a lot about ....
thanks Flash ! .
Brian.
kinda like the Sea Shepard and the anti-whaling debate with Japan ... it can be stopped ... but the government has too many international intrests monetarily.
lets hope it doesnt escalate to another rainbow warrior..
matt
Nice Pix. MOTAT ( Museum of Transport and Technology) in Auckland has a Skyhawk in it's Aviation Hall. The only one to ever fire it's guns in anger for NZ I think. Across the bow of a poaching fishing boat inside territorial waters. It stopped !!
Check out the Aviation hall link a bit down the page.
Those things were scary, their 'below the radar' flying habits won a number of war exercises. Certainly scared the visting yanks a lot, they thought they were invincible with all their techo gear.
You know kiwis can't fly, thats why they are more comfortable close to the ground !!
....what you see is a good plastic/metal copy of the real thing......ain't no ' lasers ' in this one mate....
.....so where did 129 end up being displayed?
Aye Flash ! 
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I hear you Matt , the last one went for 25K , minus its up-grades .
The NZ Gov't held on to these waiting for a sale .... that fell t
