Aussie Mirages - where?
Slightly off topic but Mirage related.
Did Garry Cooper make a dead stick landing at a disused airstrip after take-off from Williamtown due to a bird strike ?. Was the aircraft then towed back to Williamtown via public roads ?. Was this the same Garry Cooper who flew helicopters in Vietnam ?
Did Garry Cooper make a dead stick landing at a disused airstrip after take-off from Williamtown due to a bird strike ?. Was the aircraft then towed back to Williamtown via public roads ?. Was this the same Garry Cooper who flew helicopters in Vietnam ?
The Miracle...certainly no slouch in the speed department...and still up there top speed wise and better than some of the modern stuff, so I read.
Interestingly, after all the Mirage losses due the single engine failures, the philosophy was for a twin..ie the Hornets.
Now days everything else seems to be a twin, but we are back getting a single !
Hope those F 35 donks a super reliable !!
And how the costs have blossomed !! 1.6 mil for a Mirage. 160 mil for a 35. !!
Interestingly, after all the Mirage losses due the single engine failures, the philosophy was for a twin..ie the Hornets.
Now days everything else seems to be a twin, but we are back getting a single !
Hope those F 35 donks a super reliable !!
And how the costs have blossomed !! 1.6 mil for a Mirage. 160 mil for a 35. !!
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REFERENCE A3-29. And for years I had believed it was Nick Leray-Myer who had "dead-sticked" the aircraft near Willytown. Just shows, never too old to learn.
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This has been read by many before.
Mirage landing Tullamarine Airport with wheels not down.
QAM - The Last Landing of Mirage A3-16
Mirage landing Tullamarine Airport with wheels not down.
QAM - The Last Landing of Mirage A3-16
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where they were made nuclear bomb carrying capable. Me thinks the F35 will not be able to be on sold like the Mirage!
"What's that weapon on the centreline?"
Bloggs, I reckon that's an ECM pod. A3-115 on display at the front gate of RAAF Edinburgh has one too.
You were clearly never trusted with the nation's secrets, as I was. So perhaps your ECM would have been limited to a couple of packets of chaff jammed under your speed brakes..
Bloggs, I reckon that's an ECM pod. A3-115 on display at the front gate of RAAF Edinburgh has one too.
You were clearly never trusted with the nation's secrets, as I was. So perhaps your ECM would have been limited to a couple of packets of chaff jammed under your speed brakes..
PLovett,
50 ex RAAF Mirages were exported to Pakistan (PAF), plus a large heap of spares including engines around 1990. Most were re-engineered and upgraded for air to air refuelling with new avionics. There's still a few flying including ARDU's A3-2 but they'll all finally be retired this year. Perhaps check out on social media: "Friends of the RAAF Mirage 111O"?
50 ex RAAF Mirages were exported to Pakistan (PAF), plus a large heap of spares including engines around 1990. Most were re-engineered and upgraded for air to air refuelling with new avionics. There's still a few flying including ARDU's A3-2 but they'll all finally be retired this year. Perhaps check out on social media: "Friends of the RAAF Mirage 111O"?
Apparently it is a R530 Matra but missing a few tail fins. QAM also need the missing landing light and the absent nosewheel door above.
Did you ever souvenir a few bits during your pre flights, Bloggs?
Did you ever souvenir a few bits during your pre flights, Bloggs?