RAAF Air Pageant!

[Heinz]

Few Harvards, RAAF Tiger Moth and one of the 14 serving Caribous.

Also another short video with the Spitfire Taxying this time. I had limited space of my memory card. I figured a quick video of each of the favourites was better than nothing. Definitely going to buy another video card soon.

 

[Wildcat]

Cool pics. I spy a wirraway in amongst those Harvards.

 

[Heinz]

Graeme yes that is a Bristol Freighter in the background. Its permantly on display at the base. THeres also one at the Moorabin Air Museum.

You are correect you do spy a Wirraway Intersting comparison of the tails I thought.

Some Aussie trainers.....Wirraway and the Winjeel.

 

[Screaming Eagle]

nice shots mate! where do you find time to got to all these events

 

[Wildcat]

Cool pics of the Wirraway Heinz. I love it in those colours

 

[Heinz]

Cheers guys. I agree Wildcat it looks great. Im not sure was this Wirraway also painted for a while in the colours of the one that shot the Zero down in 1942?

It was a long day Jason I was pretty knackered when I got home. I live about 2-3hours away from the base. Driving through Melbourne was definitely the low light

Anyway few more with the good ol' Bird dog cessna. Genuine battle veteran from Vietnam with bullet holes! The latest Hercules in the RAAF stable and Roulettes PC9. Only a single PC 9 flew as the rest of the team is in Singapore at the moment. And just 2 shots of the Mustang that lives near me taxying and the Yak moving through the aircraft.

 

[Screaming Eagle]

nice! I have seen the roulettes a couple of times, they always put on a good show.

 

[A4K]

Great shots mate! Thanks for sharing!
Love that Hudson and Mozzie, and tht was a beautiful shot of the Spitty nose!

Also noticed the SAAF harvard in there and the RNZAF one-'NZ1024' I don't know what her original serial was, but I think it was the original '24 that was written off in an airshow accident in NZ in the late 80's/ early '9o's

 

[Heinz]

Ya you are correct A4K the 2 different Harvardsa are there.
I have a video when they are taxying and this little kid was calling to his dad '24' is winning as it was leading the rest out on the runway
It was great to see some young kids so enthusiastic.

Jason the roulettes are aces!

 

[Heinz]

Some more guys,

2nd DC3 that turned up the Gooney Bird as its know, Trojan, Flag drop, Desert Harvard and nice Flypast.

 

[Profiler]

I also attended the pageant and had a great afternoon, here are some of the images that I took on the day.

 

[Heinz]

Nice stuff mate!

 

[Heinz]

Heres some more. Hopefully will get the film developed in the near future.

 

[Wildcat]

Great pics guys!

 

[A4K]

beautiful shots, guys! what a great event it must have been.

Can anyone tell me if the green 'bulge' on the inside of the Hudson door is a stowed life raft, or if not, what is it?

 

[Heinz]

It reads parachute exit on the label.

I;ve got some close ups of the inside of the Hudson from my trip to Temora in July last year. However they are on my other computer, i'll try and get em soon.

 

[Graeme]

It reads parachute exit on the label.

I;ve got some close ups of the inside of the Hudson from my trip to Temora in July last year. However they are on my other computer, i'll try and get em soon.

I thought this would be easy to solve Heinz, I rang the Temora museum (only 80kms away) and asked them.

It was the Spanish Inquisition. What photo? from where? who took it? what web site? Send us the photo and we'll get back to you. So far no answer!

Copyright? or do they think I plan on hijacking it?

 

[Screaming Eagle]

nice!

 

[Heinz]

I thought this would be easy to solve Heinz, I rang the Temora museum (only 80kms away) and asked them.

It was the Spanish Inquisition. What photo? from where? who took it? what web site? Send us the photo and we'll get back to you. So far no answer!

Copyright? or do they think I plan on hijacking it?

Surely if you do plan on taking it, bailing out isnt really an option

Thats crazy. I mean that aircraft has photographed hundreds of times.

 

[A4K]

Ya's haven't been photographing top secret 'state of the art in 1940' technology have you guys ??!!! I had no idea I was in collaboration with traitors to the Allied cause!!!!

Thanks for the info, would appreciate any other illegal photo's of this area you could show, if they don't hang you first..!