Just Spotted These Flying Over The City :)

[46n2]

While I was walking into a customer site yesterday in Victoria Parade, I spotted a ADF C-130 Hercules, with what appeared to be a F-18 refueling. But I wasn't aware that the Hercules were used for refueling?

i thought that it was refuelling too until i saw the pics in the paper yesterday. I think they were just taking happy snaps of the F-18 over the city

[Roy]

Friend is going to a dinner on Sat night where Chuck Yeager is speaking. Would so love to go

[SABBAi]

Friend is going to a dinner on Sat night where Chuck Yeager is speaking. Would so love to go

That would be pretty cool. Is there a door charge for the guest speaker?

[Patto-]

is the first photo a photochop? It looks sort of weird.. Not to mention, I can't imagine one of those c17's fitting ont a carrier, they're so damn huge!

although carriers are pretty bit too.. so :S:S

Definitely a photochop.

[Mavric]

Saw 2 F18's cruzin the city skies last night in formation they looked NUTS!!

[46n2]

Definitely a photochop.

yeah taken from this

[SABBAi]

Haha! That's ace!

[Patto-]

yeah taken from this

Yeah there's also this nice fake. Whoever did it has done a good job.

[wokka wokka]

Aus doesn't have any KC-130s (K as in Kerosene), but the yanks do.

There were a few C-130s around on monday/tuesday, one flying out of Essendon (C-130H probably for the airshow), A C-130H that came into our Hangar to be modified and C-130J that bought some stuff down to us that we needed for the aircraft that had just been modified.

I work out the hangar fairly often, it's the one closest the freeway ('Tenix' and a big red spalt on it, currently has a C-130H outside), and we often take care of visiting RAAF stuff (I think we are having a couple of F/A-18s parkesd outside as well soon). The RAAF VIP stuff comes through, so we've seen Johnie Howard.

[46n2]

Hey what, if anything, is on at the airshow in the way of family fun stuff to do? I haven't been since i was a wee lad, but I used to have a thing for top gun so the planes were all the entertainment I needed back then

But this time 'round I want to take the other half and the wee lass. So what's around to keep them entertained? Croquet and Cognac?

[Sol32]

Last GP weekend a heard a thunderous roar, ran outside just in time to see 2 F18s pulling into the clouds RIGHT above my head, stoked!

Cant wait for avalon this sunday

[Patto-]

There seems to be so many crashes at airshows. I guess its inevitable when you're showing off in the air.

This one is probably one of the better ones. Considering it is a fairly rare plane to see, especially to crash into someones house. Its also amazing no one died.

http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/6605/Steal...rash_Into_House