• Aircraft:

  Dassault Mirage 3D

• Reg: A3-108 photos
• Serial #:

  108

• Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
• Photo Date: Apr 30, 1981
• Uploaded: May 13, 2021
• Butterworth Air Base - WMKB, Malaysia

Close-cropped rear Stbd-side view of RAAF 75 Squadron Dassault (GAF) Dual Mirage 3D A3-108 Cn 108 taxying to the Butterworth (WMKB Malaysia) runway on 30Apr1981. The two-seat aircraft controlled a 25 x Mirage formation flown over BUT that day. Photo taken during the Butterworth Family Open Day / Flying Display for the RAAF Diamond Jubilee – celebrating 60 Years since the RAAF was founded on 31Mar1921. [I flew in A3-108 on 03Apr1981 - the Butterworth-Tengah (Singapore) trip took 0.6 hours, achieving Mach 2.0 at 45,000 ft. The return trip on 07Apr1981 was flown in formation with 3 Squadron Mirage A3-86 – Two low res A2A photos of A3-86 are posted on JP.]

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