• Aircraft:

  De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou

• Reg: A4-140 photos
• Serial #:

  140

• Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
• Photo Date: Nov 27, 2009
• Uploaded: Jan 17, 2010
• Canberra - YSCB, Australia

The Historic Final Flight of a Caribou in RAAF Service (and world's last Service flight). Caribou A4-140, Delivered to 38 Squadron in March 1964, Retired on 27Nov2009 after 45 years faithful service. The 38 Squadron Caribou performs a Final Flypast over Canberra Airport's Rwy 35 before its final landing. The aircraft, with special Retirement logos on tail and nose, was then handed over to the Australian War Memorial (AWM) at a Ceremony at Canberra Airport. (I first photographed this aircraft at Laverton, Victoria in Sep 1964.)

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Aircraft

The historic Final Flight of a Caribou in RAAF Service (and world's last Service Caribou flight)

Wal Nelowkin A4-140

4,089 2 0 De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou

The historic Final Touchdown of a Caribou in RAAF Service (and world's last Service Caribou flight)

Wal Nelowkin A4-140

2,805 0 0 De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou

Last operational flight for this Caribou

Jeff Gilbert A4-140

2,286 0 0 De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou

Photo location

Keanu Chen VH-YQW

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Keanu Chen VH-UQW

164 2 0 Fokker 100

Keanu Chen A56-002

208 2 0 Dassault Falcon 7X

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Front Stbd view of seven UK Air Force (Royal Air Force) British Aerospace Hawk T1A aircraft (including XX264 Cn 100-312100, in RAF ‘Red Arrows’ livery) each trailing tainted White smoke (in an Inverted V - ‘Gable’ formation) against a Bronze coloured sky – at Farnborough EGLF on 09Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin XX264

127 4 0 British Aerospace Hawk T.1A

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

794 11 1 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

215 0 0 CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30