• Aircraft:

  Boeing C-17A Globemaster III

• Reg: A41-206 photos
• Serial #:

  AUS1

• Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
• Photo Date: Mar 02, 2014
• Uploaded: Mar 25, 2014
• Point Cook Air Force Base - YMPC, Australia

On 01Mar1914, Lieutenant Eric Harrison performed the First Australian Military flight in Bristol Boxkite CFS 3 Cn 133 at Point Cook, while a member of No 1 Flight, Australian Flying Corps (AFC). AVM Mark Skidmore re-enacted the flight in a RAAF Museum Replica aircraft on Saturday 01Mar2014 at Point Cook (YMPC). Flt Lt Steve Bekker repeated the flight at the Airshow at 0945 hrs on Sunday 02Mar2014. The wind that morning limited the flight to a short hop – within the length of Runway 17. Rear Stbd side view of RAAF 36 Squadron’s First C-17A Globemaster III A41-206 (with Global Reach capability), climbing out from Point Cook’s Runway 17, One hundred years and One day after the historic First Flight of CFS 3.

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Aircraft

Antoine L A41-206

623 27 1 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III

Adam Mitchell A41-206

515 1 0 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III

Nathan Long A41-206

1,160 4 0 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III

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Low res close-cropped front Portside view of USA Air Force General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 87-0242 Cn 5C-503 (Code 86thWG) on static display at Farnborough EGLF on 09Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin 87-0242

106 0 0 General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon

Close-cropped rear Portside view of US Navy VFA-81 F/A-18C Hornet Bu 163508 Code AA-401 on static display at Farnborough EGLF on 12Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin 163508

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Wal Nelowkin XX264

252 4 0 British Aerospace Hawk T.1A