Things I'll never forget as a young spectator at two RAAF Laverton air shows of the seventies:
1. Catching the 'red rattler' to 'Aircraft' railway station at the base, the day of the airshow had finally arrived!
2. The Roulettes (in Macchi jets of course) from East Sale appearing just clear of a thunderstorm and doing the 'low show'.
3. A Mirage doing upward vertical rolls until out of sight into a clear blue sky.
4. RAAF Phantoms' dummy strafing attacks complete with simulated ground cannon shell bursts; the afterburners winking through the 'ecto' as they pulled out; the incredible noise.
5. The Neptune taking off for its act with its recips and its jets at full power!
Postscript: I made it into the military to fly the Macchi in the RAAF via the RAN (thanks to Hawke) and the three years instructing on it in both services were among the best of my life!
Last edited by Captain Dart; 7th May 2010 at 07:33.
Reason: More nostalgia!