Sydney Technical College - some rare aircraft
The Sydney Technical College, in the inner Sydney suburb of Ultimo, had some rare aircraft over the years.
One not generally known is the Hunting Jet Provost T.2, probably the College's first jet aircraft.
JP T.2 G-AOHD (c/n PAC/84/012) was built as a Hunting company demonstrator and ended up in Australia on lease for trials by the RAAF as a possible Winjeel replacement:
1959 Ordered by the RAAF from de Havilland via Order No. ABO "E" 5/36,
20/04/59 Issued by de Havilland, Bankstown to RAAF Canberra,
20/04/59 Delivered to the RAAF, fitted with Viper ASV-58 ASV-L-1515,
28/04/59 Issued to Canberra ex de Havilland, Bankstown - as A99-001.
07/05/59 Held at Point Cook.
??/??/59 Ground incident RAAF Point Cook, Pilot Flt Lt John.A.Paule.
Damage to port undercarriage repaired.
30/11/59 To De Havilland at Bankstown. G-AOHD
07/12/59 Charter arrangements terminated.
11/08/1961 Registration G-AOHD cancelled.
??/05/61 Presented to the Sydney Technical College, Ultimo as an instructional airframe.
??/??/83 To Richard E. Hourigan, Melbourne VIC,
??/??/85 Held by the RAAF Museum at Point Cook VIC in storage.
So having arrived for the apprentices at the Tech in May 1961 (and held as an instructional airframe until 1983), it is possible that this JP replaced Vengeance EZ999 as the prime hands-on airframe in the early '60s. (BTW, the RAAF School of Technical Training at Wagga has had many classic examples to play with over the years.)