FlyPast – August 2018

August 2018 FLYPAST 13

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Australian F-111 to be moved next year

General Dynamics RF-111C A8-134 is

to be transported from the South

Australian Aviation Museum in

Adelaide to Canberra’s Australian

War Memorial (AWM) next year.

The RF-111C was used by the

RAAF to fl y photo-reconnaissance

sorties over East Timor in October

and November 1999. Six of the

large jets, comprising F-111Cs and

RF-111Cs, were deployed to Tindal

(northern Australia) for potential

missions during a period of tension

within the disputed southeast

Asian territory. Only the RFs were

used operationally, making the

acquisition of A8-134 particularly

signifi cant for the AWM.

With the help of the RAAF, the AWM

has assisted the Adelaide attraction

in securing a suitable replacement

• an F-111C previously in storage at
  nearby Edinburgh, South Australia.
  http://www.awm.gov.au PHIL BUCKLEY

Irish Phantom’s Fleet

Air Arm colours revealed

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 XT864 has been unveiled at the Ulster Aviation Society in

Northern Ireland after two years of restoration work. Around 500 invited guests attended the

event on April 28. The jet, previously at Leuchars in Scotland, has been returned to the colours it

wore in service with the Fleet Air Arm’s 892 Squadron on HMS ‘Ark Royal’.

http://www.ulsteraviationsociety.org ALAN JARDEN VIA STEPHEN RILEY

French and German rarities

join Paderborn collection

The latest aircraft to join the ever

expanding Quax-Flieger collection at

Paderborn-Lippstadt, Germany, is Nord

NC.856A F-PGCD.

The French-built reconnaissance

aircraft is one of only four survivors.

It was acquired by three Quax-Flieger

club members in April and will be

restored to fl ying condition over the

summer months. Its engine, a 160hp

(119kW) SNECMA-Régnier 4 LO 8, is

currently being overhauled.

Another recent arrival at the airfi eld

is RAAB Motorkrähe D-KOKY, a light

motor glider designed in the 1950s.

Around 30 examples were built, with

Paderborn’s example constructed

between 1963 and 1967 by Max Schmid.

It originally fl ew as D-KAPA.

STEFAN SCHMOLL

RAAB Motorkrähe D-KOKY fl ying at

Paderborn recently. BOTH STEFAN SCHMOLL

Nord NC.856A F-PGCD is a new

arrival at Paderborn.

General Dynamics RF-111C A8-134 on

display in Adelaide. It will be moved to

Canberra next year. PHIL BUCKLEY