B52’s at Tindal
I do hope that 'they' wouldn't park them 'all in a row', and Oh so close...as in the diagram in the article...so as to be an 'easy target' for one or two missiles / drones.....
Would 'they'..?
Would 'they'..?
I reckon Pine Gap will have intercepted that and passed on your excellent SMC suggestion to the relevant authority. My fear is a conflict between the US and China may lead to there being nothing to buy at Bunnings.
I still have the fridge magnet from the Darwin Aviation Heritage Centre of the B52 that landed and went to the museum. The B52 was donated to commemorate the last deployment of the B-52's on Australian soil. Nearly 30 years later we have gone full circle and the B-52 is still in the frontline. What an amazing aeroplane!
I still have the fridge magnet from the Darwin Aviation Heritage Centre of the B52 that landed and went to the museum. The B52 was donated to commemorate the last deployment of the B-52's on Australian soil. Nearly 30 years later we have gone full circle and the B-52 is still in the frontline. What an amazing aeroplane!
I think this may have been posted before - note that it goes for an hour 40 .......
You never know, they might bring it back into service! Moderate avionics upgrade and some of the new engines and cowls and she will be good to go.
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to commemorate Commander Holbrook
.. and another wondering gets fixed. Have driven past the boat on numerous occasions and often wondered how Holbrook managed to get it for display ... now I know. A brief search just now reveals a few things I knew not previously. The town was renamed after Holbrook during the war and a replica of the submarine in which he did the VC deed is on display as well. I didn't know that there was a museum there as well commemorating the times. Looks like the next time I take a run up the Hume I shall have to take a detour to have a better look than I have done in years gone by.
.. and another wondering gets fixed. Have driven past the boat on numerous occasions and often wondered how Holbrook managed to get it for display ... now I know. A brief search just now reveals a few things I knew not previously. The town was renamed after Holbrook during the war and a replica of the submarine in which he did the VC deed is on display as well. I didn't know that there was a museum there as well commemorating the times. Looks like the next time I take a run up the Hume I shall have to take a detour to have a better look than I have done in years gone by.
...apologies for more thread drift, my ex wife's Uncle Des was involved in getting the submarine for Holbrook and it is indeed true that after it had been installed in the park the Navy had to visit to get some spares.
The control room sits in a museum elsewhere. Perhaps that is where the parts were sitting that were of the most value.
I remember reading an article somewhere, that claimed that a 'spare part' was required for the rudder assy., and there it was, still attached.....Tempo.
https://mgnsw.org.au/organisations/h...marine-museum/
If my memory serves me correctly it came from a scrap metal supplier and not direct.
We have the original above water line superstructure of the Oberon Class submarine HMAS OTWAY set within beautiful parkland. Also a large scale model of Lt. Norman Holbrook VC’s submarine BII.
We have recently completed re-building HMAS OTWAY’S original Wardroom (Officer’s quarters) in front of our control room within the Museum. The 7 original masts are back on the Otway with the Radar mast rotating during daylight hours.
We have recently completed re-building HMAS OTWAY’S original Wardroom (Officer’s quarters) in front of our control room within the Museum. The 7 original masts are back on the Otway with the Radar mast rotating during daylight hours.
I still have the fridge magnet from the Darwin Aviation Heritage Centre of the B52 that landed and went to the museum. The B52 was donated to commemorate the last deployment of the B-52's on Australian soil. Nearly 30 years later we have gone full circle and the B-52 is still in the frontline. What an amazing aeroplane!
That sort of thing wasn't confined to the Navy. The RAAF's ARDU cannibalised a couple of bits off Dakota A65-23 displayed in a park at West Wyalong. (That's why it has an ARDU logo on its fin.)
