• Aircraft:

  McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet

• Reg: A21-48 photos
• Serial #:

  750/AF48

• Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
• Photo Date: Jan 26, 2009
• Uploaded: Jun 24, 2009
• Other Location - Over Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra, ACT, Australia

I went to Regatta Point, Canberra, to see the local Australian Citizenship Ceremony (attended by the Governor General and Prime Minister) on 26Jan2009, Australia Day. The ceremony ended at 1034 hrs with a four-ship Hornet Flypast and 'Formation Break', over Lake Burley Griffin. The formation was led by Hornet A21-48 in 77 Sqn livery, which then pulled up and departed vertically. The number four aircraft (A21-56) passed overhead at around 400 meters, at 650 kph. These Hornet pilots would have practised similar 'Formation Breaks' during Basic Flying Training - in CT-4 Airtrainers. (See Photo ID 6537353).

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Aircraft

Daizer Ko A21-48

1,902 4 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet

Jaryd Stock A21-48

2,071 3 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet

Stephen Brown A21-48

1,245 1 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet

Photo location

I went to Regatta Point, Canberra, to see the local Australian Citizenship Ceremony (attended by the Governor General and Prime Minister) on 26Jan2009, Australia Day

Wal Nelowkin A21-48

1,803 0 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet

Photographer

Rare rear Stbd Color view of In-Service USAF North American F-86F-30-NA Sabre 52-4536 (Cn 191-232) Code FU536 (with droptanks) parked at Pyongtaek (now RKSG) South Korea in 1954

Wal Nelowkin 52-4536

280 6 0 North American F-86F Sabre

Close-cropped Stbd view of RAAF CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk30 A94-922 Cn CA27-22 being used as a Training Aid at RAAF Base Amberley on 14Nov1984

Wal Nelowkin A94-922

81 0 0 CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30

Close-cropped oblique rear view of the First RAAF P-3 Orion - Lockheed P-3B A9-291 Cn 185B-5401 - on the RAAF Fairbairn YSCB apron, during her first visit to Canberra during Sep 1968

Wal Nelowkin A9-291

187 0 0 Lockheed P-3B Orion