Anzac Day Flypast of the 100th Year Parade - Albany, WA

[poteroo]

Albany hosted a large number of local and interstate visitors this year. By 4.30am - all 4500 'places' up on MT Clarence were taken and they could fit no more. Thousands more watched on CCTV down in the city.

 

The main parade began at 10.00 passing a crowd estimated at over 12,000. The Review commenced at at 11.00 with a flypast by 7 Roulettes. The OIC for the day was ACM Sir Angus Houston.

 

Our small effort for the event was to 'close' the Review at 11.35 with a flypast of 12 aircraft. (11 RV's and one Falco). We have a mix of skills so chose to fly as 3 separate, but close, flights of aircraft in a diamond 4 formation. This avoids the claustrophobia that some pilots feel when in larger diamonds.

 

enjoy the pics,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kaz3g]

Love that Falco!

 

And nicely done you guys...love your work, too.

 

Kaz

 

 

[planedriver]

That's a great tribute.

 

Well done to all involved.

 

 

[poteroo]

A couple more from this last weeks formation work. As we overflew the airport, the Roulettes were all just taxying back after having landed not long after we'd become airborne - 19 aircraft in 2 groups. We're improving, and it's attracting new starters - another 2 RV owners starting next week. Pics include both VNE, (the RV6), and VFE, (the RV9A).

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Downunder]

Love that Falco!And nicely done you guys...love your work, too.Kaz

There's a really nice Red Falco at Jandakot. I think I insulted the owner when I said it looked similar to a Glassair......

 

 

[poteroo]

There's a really nice Red Falco at Jandakot. I think I insulted the owner when I said it looked similar to a Glassair......

Our Falco owner is similarly miffed when referred to as a 'skinny RV'. Notwithstanding that, the Falco fits into our RV formations quite well from a speed viewpoint, (120-140 KIAS). We keep it on the centreline so that the formation remains symmetrical. We try to fit any different types onto the centreline. Our only objection is to flying with high wing types - mixed groups are inherently less safe. happy days,

 

 

 

 

[old man emu]

I was at Gilgandra on ANZAC Day. One of the town's sons is an F18 jockey, so he was given the honour of doing the fly-past. I'm told that the operational orders called had him doing two passes, however, being a jet jockey, he swung around and did a third run along the main street, followed by a vertical departure - magnificent !

 

A highlight of the fly-past was the sound of the engine road setting off the burglar alarm in one of the shops.

 

The RAAF also provided a cataflque party from Richmond. The Herc squadron there did a bus run around NSW, dropping off airmen in various towns for the ANZAC Day March. It arrived in Gilgandra to pick up the cataflaque but had an avionics failure (FADEC). Made worse by the fact that the Air Movements Commander, an Air Commodore, was one of the passengers. They had to fly another Herc up from Richmond to transport the passengers. They had to hold the broken Herc on the ground util today when they could fly up a replacement part.

 

The crew gave the locals who had come out to watch the take-off a good tour of the aircraft. Did you know that the only mechanical flight instruments on the pilot's panel are the AH, ASI and Altimeter? They looked so lonely sitting amongst all the knobs and lights.

 

OME