"Then there was the bloke (Al Quaife??) who ran out of noise on approach to Darwin and stepped out of the otherwise serviceable Mirage. The Mirage then landed smoothly by itself in a mangrove swamp outside of Darwin and was later recovered largely intact. I think it might still be in a hangar up there. No doubt he got a lot of razz!"
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That Mirage was piloted by John Quaife (now Air Commodore) and is on display at Darwin Aviation Museum.
Cheers,