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I transited through Tindal on a number of Tracy flights so it was certainly in operation, however, I don't believe that it was much more than a 'bare base' at that stage. I certainly recall having problems with obtaining any support and am sure that the RAAF had only a caretaker in residence. We had one occurrance where we could not get enough power from our batteries to start the GTC (the "E models" equivalent of an APU) and actually obtained a jump start from the local auto club road service van (another interesting Tracy story, that one).