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RAAF OVER SYRIA
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GROWLER UPDATE
ISSUE 49 JANUARY/MARCH 2016
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Vulcan
WILSON MEDIA
Farewell to XH558
PLUS
HISTORIC AVIATION
MILITARY AVIATION
COMMERCIAL AVIATION
Lancaster
75th
Anniversary
PC-21
New trainer
for RAAF
727 & DC-9
Australia’s first
domestic jets
We have something to interest all members
of the family – kids to grandparents, as we
showcase the role of the Royal Australian Air
Force from World War I to the present day.
See static displays of over
30 beautifully preserved Aircraft
and special flying displays.
Interactive flying displays featuring RAAF Museum heritage
aircraft are held each Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 1:00pm
(weather permitting) except mid December to mid January.
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Location:
Just 20 minutes from Melbourne CBD.
Take the Point Cook Road off the freeway and follow the signs to the museum.
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Open:
10:00am to 3:00pm Tuesday to Friday and 10:00am to 5:00pm Weekends/Public Holidays
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Closed:
Mondays, Christmas Day and Good Friday
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Telephone:
(03) 8348 6040
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Facsimile:
(03) 8348 6692
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Email:
RAAF.MuseumInfo@defence.gov.au
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Visit our website for information on upcoming events....
www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum
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CONTENTS
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ISSUE NUMBER 49 - JANUARY/MARCH 2016
FEATURES
REGULARS
5
WILSON’S COMMENTARY
The editor on childhood
influences and good ideas.
24
AVRO LANCASTER
24
The legendary heavy bomber of
World War II celebrates its 75th birthday.
6
AEROGRAMMES
Bits and pieces of information
from around the aviation world.
34
‘STRIKE HARD AND SURE’
RAF Bomber Command in World War II.
14
AEROGRAMMES EXTRA
The RAAF over Syria and
Growler update.
40
INTO THE JET AGE
When Australia’s domestic airlines
began swapping propellers for jets.
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GOODBYE THE TIN TRIANGLE
The story of Avro Vulcan XH558
as it flies into retirement.
18
WARBIRDS & VINTAGE
News from the world
of old aeroplanes.
56
PILATUS PC-21
The airborne element of a
new training system for the ADF.
20
MOVEMENTS
Some of the aircraft spotted
around the traps over the
last few months.
56
62
TAMING THE TAIPAN
Bringing the Australian Defence Force’s
MRH 90 helicopters up to speed.
78
AIR SHOWS
Two of the best – Temora’s
Warbirds Downunder and
Duxford’s Battle of Britain
anniversary.
66
PUSS MOTH MYSTERY
Working out why the wings failed.
68
SKYWARRIORS
62
COVER
The mighty Vulcan.
XH558 captured by
GAVIN CONROY during
one of its last sorties
before retirement last
October. Rarely has an
individual aircraft
prompted as much
passion as the last
flying ‘tin triangle’.
Escapers and evaders: the late arrivals club.
74
MINI PROFILES
A Russian airliner, an American
amphibian and a flying whale.
90
ALBUM
Memories of Wellington Airport
three decades ago – part two.
94
AERO MODELS
First World War aircraft
from ‘the other side’ in
metal and plastic.
boeing.com.au
ENDURING
SUPPORT
Logistics and Training
Life-Cycle Support
Supply Chain
Systems Integration
Maintenance and Modifications
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COMMENT
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WILSON’S COMMENTARY
ISSUE 49 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016
EDITOR
Stewart Wilson
Email:
stewart@aeroaustraliamag.com
PO Box 181, Bungendore NSW 2621
VINTAGE & WARBIRDS EDITOR
Peter Hallen
Email:
peter@aeroaustraliamag.com
REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS
Eric Allen, Martin Bass, Ray Berghouse, Jamie
and Tash Chinery, David Crawford, John Croker,
Brendan Cummins/bcpix, Terry Ellis, Ryan Fletcher,
Juanita Franzi, John Freedman, Jeff Gilbert,
Lance Higgerson, Dennis Newton, Murray Permain,
Nigel Pittaway, Wayne Starick, Richard Siudak,
Wendy Wilson.
DESIGN & PRODUCTION
Mat Clancy
Emsee Publishing Design
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BLAME THE TIN TRIANGLE
I make no apology for devoting a number of this issue’s
pages to the retirement of Avro Vulcan XH558. Firstly,
it’s an excuse to run some great air-to-air shots; and
secondly, I might not be doing this if it wasn’t for the
‘Tin Triangle’. I have a huge soft spot for the Vulcan
because it is responsible for getting me going on this
aeroplane thing in the first place.
It’s September 1956 and I’m four years old. An early production and brand new Vulcan B.1
(XA897 of 230 OCU, as I discovered later) undertook a goodwill visit to Australia and New
Zealand. I remember it flying over our house in Sydney’s inner west on its way into Mascot
Airport and I also remember being fascinated by its shape and noise.
It was undoubtedly the first jet aircraft I’d ever seen or heard, the same applying to most in
Australia at the time because only the RAAF had jets then and they were rarely seen.
The next day, my dad took me out to the airport where the Vulcan was on display. I can still
vividly picture the scene – we walked around the end of a hangar and there it was in front of me,
this huge white ‘thing’.
And that was the end of me. I became an aeroplane nut at that moment and still am. I’m sure
many reading this will know exactly what I’m saying. The strange thing is that I have no memory
of anything else from that time of my then short life – only the images associated with the Vulcan
remain with me.
Sadly, this story has a tragic ending. XA897 crashed on approach to London Heathrow on its
return to Britain, killing the three ‘back seaters’ who had no ejection seats. In poor weather, the
aircraft was conducting a Ground Control Approach (GCA) and came down some 600 metres
short of the runway, wheels down in a field of Brussels sprouts.
It bounced and veered up sharply, the captain applying full power but the Vulcan was mortally
wounded and rolled to the right before crashing within the airport boundary and exploding.
The two pilots managed to eject in time.
A sad ending to what was for me a defining, life-changing event. For all that has followed in
my aviation world over the last nearly six decades , the ‘Tin Triangle’ is entirely to blame!
ROOM FOR ONE MORE?
I thought that the additional ‘white tail’ C-17s that Boeing built on spec had all been accounted
for, but following the departure of the last of the line from Long Beach in late November (see
AeroGrammes this issue) it was reported that there was still one unsold.
If this is true, why don’t we grab it for the RAAF before someone else does? After all, you
can’t have too much airlift capability....
A GREAT IDEA
Every now and again you hear about a special idea, one which in this case puts the land around
an airport to a good and humane use to help those in unfortunate circumstances.
Moorabbin Airport Corporation and FareShare, Victoria’s largest charity kitchen, recently
announced they will establish a large charity vegetable garden on a 3,000 square metres plot
of land which has been gifted to FareShare by the airport until 2048. It will produce about
12 tonnes of vegetables each year.
Volunteers are constructing dozens of raised garden beds to grow a diverse range of
vegetables including pumpkin, broccoli, cauliflower and capsicum. The airport’s owners and
corporate donors are providing time, resources and funds to build the garden.
The vegetables will go towards the 25,000 meals FareShare prepares each week for distribution
to some 400 charities across Victoria – that’s well over a million a year.
It’s nice to see that some humility still exists in the often hard and cut-throat world of the
business side of aviation. Congratulations to all involved.
SEASON’S GREETINGS
“And so this is Christmas, and what have we done? Another year over, a new one just begun,”
sang John Lennon all those years ago. So what have we done, here at the literally small business –
just two of us – called Aero Australia magazine?
Well, we’ve managed to survive – a good start! – produced some more issues of what we think
is a pretty good aviation magazine, not had enough sleep and on the whole retained our sense of
humour. In 2016 we enter Aero Australia’s 13th year, so Wendy and I would like thank our
readers, contributors and advertisers for their support. We wish you all a merry Christmas and a
happy, safe and prosperous New Year. In the meantime we’ll continue doing our best to produce
what we hope is your favourite aviation magazine. Have a good one!
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