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Avalon 2017
- KJ994
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Avalon 2017
A few shots from the Australian International Airshow, Avalon, taken on the morning of Saturday 4 March. The one runway at Avalon lies roughly North-South, spectators are to the east, and photography gets harder after midday as the sun swings to the west. Calling the event "International" may seem a stretch to those used to the big European shows, but getting aircraft from almost anywhere on the globe to the far southeast corner of Victoria is a major commitment. International participation in the public days flying at Avalon (it is also a trade event) was limited to one RNZAF C-130H, USAF F-22A and F-16C. In the static were a Canadian CC-130J, Singapore KC-135R plus 2 x F-15SG and C-130H, and USAF C-17A, KC-135R, B-1B, P-8A and F-16. On the plus side almost every Australian air asset was included, including the first two F-35A, one of which flew a short and restricted display on the Saturday. On with the photos...
1. Best way to arrive at an airshow: C-47B VH-TMQ of Air Nostalgia, Melbourne (formerly A65-91)
2. PC9 of the Roulettes team, landing on from nearby Point Cook where the lighter assets were based for the show.
3. F-18F
4. Queen of the Skies: Lockheed L1049 Constellation VH-EAG, Historical Aircraft Restoration Society
5.
6. C-47B VH-AGU, formerly A65-72
7. AS350B Squirrels pair, RAN, in their final display before being withdrawn later this year.
8. Hawk 127 A27-20
9. The only Lockheed Hudson flying, VH-KOY formerly A16-112.
10. Not a loop but a spirited, overbanked turn onto his downwind leg to land. Not bad for an aeroplane built in 1939!
11. CAC Boomerang
12. Formation of CT4 Airtrainers and CAC Winjeels
13. RNZAF C-130H NZ7004 put on a tactical demo
Hope you enjoyed these. More to follow probably. KJ
1. Best way to arrive at an airshow: C-47B VH-TMQ of Air Nostalgia, Melbourne (formerly A65-91)
2. PC9 of the Roulettes team, landing on from nearby Point Cook where the lighter assets were based for the show.
3. F-18F
4. Queen of the Skies: Lockheed L1049 Constellation VH-EAG, Historical Aircraft Restoration Society
5.
6. C-47B VH-AGU, formerly A65-72
7. AS350B Squirrels pair, RAN, in their final display before being withdrawn later this year.
8. Hawk 127 A27-20
9. The only Lockheed Hudson flying, VH-KOY formerly A16-112.
10. Not a loop but a spirited, overbanked turn onto his downwind leg to land. Not bad for an aeroplane built in 1939!
11. CAC Boomerang
12. Formation of CT4 Airtrainers and CAC Winjeels
13. RNZAF C-130H NZ7004 put on a tactical demo
Hope you enjoyed these. More to follow probably. KJ
Last edited by KJ994 on Sun Mar 12, 2017 4:48 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Oh yes. Most enjoyable thanks.
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Nice shots! Certainly some rarities there, Hudson in particular.
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for posting!
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Not been to Australia (yet) looks like a good show to me as i would need virtually everything.
Love the second Connie shot.
Love the second Connie shot.
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Very good - I went in 2015 and thought it was one of the best shows I'd been to in recent years, really helped by great support by the various parts of the Australian Armed Forces. And I remember the light gradually getting worse through the day too! More photos welcome
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Excellent post
Really enjoyed those
Andy
Really enjoyed those
Andy
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damn, jealous about the Connie, i love those planes.
lovely shots.
lovely shots.
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Some good stuff there.
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Both Part 1 & 2 are a fine set if shots from a show I'll probably never visit. Thanks for posting.
Is it just me, or is the Australian designed & built CAC Winjeel just a rehash of the UK Piston Provost with a better canopy, neater engine & wheels outboard of the u/c legs?
Another small point, caption to pic' 9 says "formerly A16-112" but the photo shows A16-211! Is that a 'typo' or a fact??
Is it just me, or is the Australian designed & built CAC Winjeel just a rehash of the UK Piston Provost with a better canopy, neater engine & wheels outboard of the u/c legs?
Another small point, caption to pic' 9 says "formerly A16-112" but the photo shows A16-211! Is that a 'typo' or a fact??
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Thanks Supra.
All the online references describe the CA=25 Winjeel as Australian-designed, with no mention of any read-across from the Piston Provost. However, the latter conformed to the RAF's preference at the time for side-by-side trainers, and perhaps that influenced RAAF thinking and led to a similar design. The CA-22 Winjeel prototypes first flew in 1951 and production deliveries began in 1955. Apparently the prototypes were found to be almost impossible to spin, ie too stable for a trainer, and to cure this the production aircraft had a redesigned tail assembly with the fin and rudder set slightly forward.
The Hudson: no, not a typo! The aircraft is owned and flown by the Temora Aviation Museum, according to whose website the airframe is A16-112 painted to represent A16-211. The link below gives some interesting history of the aircraft but doesn't quite explain the choice of A16-211 as the aircraft to be commemorated.
http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/aircra ... index.html
Cheers Robert
All the online references describe the CA=25 Winjeel as Australian-designed, with no mention of any read-across from the Piston Provost. However, the latter conformed to the RAF's preference at the time for side-by-side trainers, and perhaps that influenced RAAF thinking and led to a similar design. The CA-22 Winjeel prototypes first flew in 1951 and production deliveries began in 1955. Apparently the prototypes were found to be almost impossible to spin, ie too stable for a trainer, and to cure this the production aircraft had a redesigned tail assembly with the fin and rudder set slightly forward.
The Hudson: no, not a typo! The aircraft is owned and flown by the Temora Aviation Museum, according to whose website the airframe is A16-112 painted to represent A16-211. The link below gives some interesting history of the aircraft but doesn't quite explain the choice of A16-211 as the aircraft to be commemorated.
http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/aircra ... index.html
Cheers Robert
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