Rare last flight footage of Aussie F-111s in flight Dec 2010

Yes I think it was the dam wall at Copeton and the abattoir at Guyra were targets for training flights.Was at Tingha one day in 94 visiting a friend when one came screaming over wings back just above tree level.

Nice atmospheric footage doing what a pig does well..Coming from the New England area of NSW I,ve seen em lower 🙂

I used to fly in the New England area for a year or two and see them air to air quite a bit. Before the F111 I used to see Mirage’s at low level, they used to fly lower and quicker (It seemed) than an F111. The Unzud Scooters, Singapore Hunters and F5’s used to frequent as well. In the early F111 days they used t have LJR’s they used to follow and flightservice would broadcast their position, you knew when they were about to come through. They seemed to seek us out and run over the top even coming around for a lower closer run some times. Later in years they wanted to operators to send a fax through every day as to your position and area of operation and used to get snooty when they would see you even 2 miles away. If you had an inkling of when they were coming you could keep an eye out for a smoke trail low on the horizon. The last few years the F111 runs got less and less and you were lucky to see a couple a year.
The footage shown appears to be around the Dorrigo area.

Nice atmospheric footage doing what a pig does well..Coming from the New England area of NSW I,ve seen em lower 🙂