RAF Form 414, Vol. 19
Podcast |
Plane Tales
Publisher |
Capt Nick
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Aviation
Comedy
History
Publication Date |
Apr 20, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:19:20
Telling the tale of my flying career, I left you at the end of my F/A18 conversion course as we reformed the No 77 Royal Australian Air Force Squadron with their brand new Hornets. So far our one and only aircraft A21-5 was being shared around and everyone wanted a piece of it, either to fly or learn how to fix it.  The squadron execs were pretty busy dealing with the job of getting the new squadron personnel squared away so the rest of us got more than our share of flying.  There wasn’t much we could do with a single jet but I was happy just to play with a multi million dollar toy and get used to my new home.   The M61A Vulcan Cannon   The 'Pig' Australian F111   My route around Australia   Mt Isa   Arriving at Darwin   Uluru through the HUD         Pine Gap   Alice Springs   Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Peter Gronemann, General Dynamics, Fhrx, and Google Maps.
Telling the tale of my flying career, I left you at the end of my F/A18 conversion course as we reformed the No 77 Royal Australian Air Force Squadron with their brand new Hornets. So far our one and only aircraft A21-5 was being shared around and everyone wanted a piece of it, either to fly or learn how to fix it.  The squadron execs were pretty busy dealing with the job of getting the new squadron personnel squared away so the rest of us got more than our share of flying.  There wasn’t much we could do with a single jet but I was happy just to play with a multi million dollar toy and get used to my new home.   The M61A Vulcan Cannon   The 'Pig' Australian F111   My route around Australia   Mt Isa   Arriving at Darwin   Uluru through the HUD         Pine Gap   Alice Springs   Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Peter Gronemann, General Dynamics, Fhrx, and Google Maps.

Telling the tale of my flying career, I left you at the end of my F/A18 conversion course as we reformed the No 77 Royal Australian Air Force Squadron with their brand new Hornets. So far our one and only aircraft A21-5 was being shared around and everyone wanted a piece of it, either to fly or learn how to fix it.  The squadron execs were pretty busy dealing with the job of getting the new squadron personnel squared away so the rest of us got more than our share of flying.  There wasn’t much we could do with a single jet but I was happy just to play with a multi million dollar toy and get used to my new home.

 

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The M61A Vulcan Cannon

 

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The ‘Pig’ Australian F111

 

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My route around Australia

 

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Mt Isa

 

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Arriving at Darwin

 

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Uluru through the HUD

 

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Pine Gap

 

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Alice Springs

 

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Peter Gronemann, General Dynamics, Fhrx, and Google Maps.

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