Serial | 00FC-5 | |||||||||||||||
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First Flight | 05.08.68 | |||||||||||||||
Model | F-111C | |||||||||||||||
Status | Left Fleet | |||||||||||||||
Comments | officially accepted by the RAAF already on 04.09.68 but put into storage at Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas from 1968 - 1973, arrived at RAAF Base Amberley 01.06.73 on delivery from McClellan AFB California via Honolulu and Pago Pago. Flown by SQNLDR Wally F. Walters and FLGOFF Phil J. McDonald. A8-129 was part of the first delivery in company with A8-125, 126, 127, 128 and 130, wfu 03.12.10 Flew (1:8 hours) on the last day of RAAF F-111 operations. Total Time: 7325:0 hours, flown by SQNLDR Steve Clarke and FLTLT Ray Seville. SQNLDR Clarke was the RAAF's highest time F-111 pilot with more than 3,000 hours on type, six aircraft flew on the last day of F-111 operations. The landing sequence was A8-126, 135, 138, 129, 109 and 125. A8-129 callsign was "Sword 2" | |||||||||||||||
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