Australian Skyhawks at Greenham 1977.

Post by **F102A** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:10 am

Some Australian Navy A4G shot at Greenham in 1977 I think. All scanned from Kodachrome. Sorry about the quality but thought they might be of interest to some. Comments welcome.

A4 G 155061 by TF102A, on Flickr

A4G 155051 by TF102A, on Flickr

A4G 155061 874 by TF102A, on Flickr

A4G 155051 870 by TF102A, on Flickr

Post by **Punkrunner62** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:45 am

Outstanding!!!.

Post by **Thunder** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:32 am

Don't see many photos of these birds, is that an RAN S2 Tracker next to them?

Post by **paddyboy** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:38 pm

Hi Buddy

Fabbo shots

Quality

Wish mine were as good

Cheers

Paddyboy

Post by **Kevin Brewer** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:55 pm

Lovely pics of a fine and very rare subject - thanks for sharing!

Post by **WRECK HUNTER** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:29 pm

Lovely

Post by **JAWS** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:08 pm

Great shots from my first ever IAT show .

Thunder wrote:Don't see many photos of these birds, is that an RAN S2 Tracker next to them?

yes it is S-2E N12-153598/841 RAN 816 Sqn

All aircraft came from HMAS Melbourne (II) which was in Portsmouth to take part in the Spithead Naval Review commemorating the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Post by **Jazz** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 3:48 am

Wow, rare shots and great quality scans

Post by **nellis6** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:14 am

Remember them well, even though in my early teens. They bought the S-2 Tracker as mentioned earlier and a Sea King. Sadly all no more! Greenham Common was my first experience of military airshows and boy were they great

graham luxton · Post by **graham luxton** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:08 am

Brought the memories flooding back - actually there were 3 A-4's. Think the missing one, N13-154907/886 was south side.

Post by **ST24** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:28 pm

nellis6 wrote:Remember them well, even though in my early teens. They bought the S-2 Tracker as mentioned earlier and a Sea King. Sadly all no more! Greenham Common was my first experience of military airshows and boy were they great

Also 2 Wessex appeared as crew ferries on the Thursday and Monday IIRC..

graham luxton wrote:Brought the memories flooding back - actually there were 3 A-4's. Think the missing one, N13-154907/886 was south side.

Yep, flew more of a "role demo" fully tanked up rather than a full solo display. The pilot said that with there being an F-14 and F-15 strutting their stuff, he didn't want the little old scooter to be out flown. Having seen Skyhawks fly I'm sure he could have more than held his own, especially with the A-4s phenomenal rate of roll..

Greta shots...

rh226 · Post by **rh226** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:42 pm

The Sea King (N16-125) is still around..........just. It is one of those at Horsham.

The Tracker is thought to be still stored at West Sale, Victoria, Australia.

Post by **Knife 04** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:13 pm

Great quality scans of a great subject - thanks for taking the time to post

Can remember the show all too well - only 10 at the time

Cheers

Darren

Post by **daggerfan** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:24 pm

Nice pictures. I didn't make the show that year, but I do remember two Aussie Skyhawks were seen (not by me, unfortunately!) at low level over the Moray Firth, heading overhead Inverness then south. And an Aussie Tracker (can't find my log, but I think it was the one at Greenham) visited Lossie on at least three occasions, including, if I remember correctly, twice on the same day!

Post by **Dave1316** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:06 pm

Top drawer images. Nice.

Dave

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