When the rumour mill started turning earlier this year that an Antonov AN-124 might be coming to Avalon I’ll admit I was more then a little dismissive that this would eventuate. Not since the 1992 Airshow where the giant aircraft flew a jaw dropping display had there been a Ruslan[…]
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On the Friday afternoon, just before the Hunter Valley Airshow at Maitland a few weeks ago, I was given the incredible opportunity to catch two of the star attractions, Graham Hosking’s amazing F4U-5N Corsair and Judy Pay’s beautiful CAC Mustang, in the air thanks to Paul Bennet Airshows. Sadly, the[…]
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Here is a selection of images from the ASO team on site at Avalon. Hope you enjoy them.
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All the buzz and hype that is going along with the arrival of the new Royal Australian Air Force assets like the EA-18G Growlers and the visit from a pair of our new F-35 Lightnings will be quickly forgotten as the F/A-18F Super Hornet rips open the sky in its[…]
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After the major success of the 1988 Bicentennial airshow held at Richmond Air Force base in the New South Wales Hawkesbury region, anything that was to follow would be hard to beat. The sight and sounds from all sorts of aircraft types from across the globe. With examples of F-111s[…]
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As most reading this will be aware, this past week has seen a tragic loss of 2 lives in an incident in Perth. Firstly our deepest and heartfelt sympathy to all of the families and friends impacted by the loss of Peter Lynch and Endah Cakrawati from the team at[…]
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Next weekend the Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome will be hosting the Great Eastern Fly-In. If you’re in Northern NSW it’s a great opportunity to catch some awesome aircraft displaying over the 2 days of the 7th and 8th of January. Here are a couple of shots from last years program[…]
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Everyone starts the year with a few goals and I’m no different, but 2015 was a massive year for myself covering the Australian International Air Show at Avalon, FCI Course, Exercise Talisman Sabre, Exercise Northern Shield , Exercise High Sierra and Warbirds Downunder. So for me 2016 had to be[…]
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A-10s overhead popping flares while a pair of US Army Blackhawks rescue a downed pilot, the chance to see a normally reclusive U-2 in the air, the skillful formation and solo displays by the Republic Of Korea Air Force’s (ROKAF’s) Black Eagles in their indigenous T-50s, examples of the ROKAF’s[…]
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