• Aircraft:

  De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou

• Reg: VH-VBB photos
• Serial #:

  234

• Airline: Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS)
• Photo Date: Aug 18, 2016
• Uploaded: Sep 04, 2016
• Other Location - Canberra, ACT, Australia

The 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam in 1966 was Commemorated in Canberra on Long Tan Day - 18Aug2016. The Ceremony was complemented by Flypasts of aircraft relevant to the Australian and US participation in the Vietnam War. Aircraft which participated in the Flypasts were an RAAF C-130J-30, two C-47s, two Caribou, a Cessna O-2, a Bell UH-1H Huey and a Bell 47G-3B1 Sioux, followed by two USAF B-52Hs from Guam. The second Caribou, HARS DCC-4A Caribou VH-VBB (ex-RAAF A4-234) Cn 234, passes Mt Ainslie after the second pass over the Ceremony on Anzac Parade. No 35 Squadron was ‘First-In’ and ‘Last-Out’ of the RAAF Units involved in the Vietnam conflict.

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Clinton J Down Photography VH-VBB

1,666 2 0 De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou

De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou VH-VBB

SLplanespotter VH-VBB

645 3 0 De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou

William Olivotto VH-VBB

724 2 0 De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou

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Haozhe Peng A97-468

5,712 15 0 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules

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Wal Nelowkin A97-447

4,027 4 3 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules

Front Port underside view of NSW Helicopters Bell UH-1H Iroquois VH-OXU Cn 65-9947 Helitack 258 passing over Isaacs, Canberra ACT, while transiting to fire-fighting duty at the Namadji National Park, South of Canberra

Wal Nelowkin VH-OXU

2,743 0 0 Bell UH-1H Iroquois

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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

118 0 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet

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

254 4 0 British Aerospace Hawk T.1A