Which I think the labour government of the time wanted to substitute for the TSR2, but eventually it became both short on performance and long on cost, so the order for 50 was cancelled.
Moggy

Well that’s tough moggy, but it wasn’t cancelled for us. And we were very happy with its performance.

stendec

Not only would she have been years ahead of anything flying, in terms of the Tactical, Strike and Reconnaissance missions.

I don’t think so – there was another aircraft that met this description, the F-111.

Could Malaysia look at buying up to 30 of the same aircraft and dispose of the MiG-29s and F/A-18s at the same time and consolidate…. Australia might be interested in a few more airframes to help distribute airframe life in its legacy hornets…

buff26, Malaysia’s Hornets are F/A-18Ds, they have 8. Why would Australia want a few more orphans?

The six aircraft were all shipped to the USA:
CA-17s (i.e. assembled in Australia from P-51D components) A68-1 (N7773, N51WB), A68-7, A68-30, A68-35, and A68-72; and CA-18 (Australian produced P-51D) A68-87.

Although A68-1 was flown in the US (marked as A68-1001), the remainder (shipped to the US in 1968) were evidently broken down by Cavalier to components. 🙁

Mark

You are probably aware, but there is a pic of T9552 showing an “NK” code (no indiv letter shown) in “Australian Air Force since 1911”, Parnell & Lynch, pg.61 (photo credit is the SMH).

I showed this photo nearly 30 years ago to Andy Thomas, who was my nextdoor neighbour in Scotland. Andy of course is one of the foremost RAF squadron historians – and I guess an author of ‘Combat Codes’ by Flintham and Thomas, as Mark 12 notes. At that stage Andy was very interested in this pic, as he knew that NK was the 100 Sqn Singapore code, but had not previously seen a Beaufort so marked. Hope that is of interest.

don’t the su30 have horizontally cut tail tips? and ubk should have tail tips cut at an angle? these have straight tail tips…

Depends on the factory – Irkusk or Komsomolsk (sorry about the spelling).

Ashley,
Great photos, even though they have passed through Poland to get back to you – world-wide web, global economy !!

Yes interesting to see A29-133 before the AWM were able to get it. What I found interesting was the visibility of previous “US ARMY” markings – haven’t see that on RAAF P-40s before.

I am glad that you have been instrumental in saving these pics, so that we can see them now, thanks.

Batman

Additionally, Australia’s KC-30 program has been plagued by delays, namely in developing the boom. From what I understand at one point the RAAF wanted to take delivery of the aircraft without the boom. I’m not sure where it all stands now, but it goes without saying they would’ve liked their aircraft before now.

Yes would have like them sooner. The aircraft delivered to the RAAF are restricted in not yet using the boom.

Two aircraft delivered (A39-002 and -003) are at Amberley; A39-001 is still in Spain with CASA after the mid-air in January, when the Portugese F-16 took off the boom. Should be ready later in the year.

The last two aircraft (A39-004 and -005) are undergoing KC conversion in Brisbane, before they return to Spain for finishing and delivery 2011-12.