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23 March 2007
Parliamentary Secretary Mr Peter Lindsay MP at the Australian International Air Show
The ADF is part of the Australian International Air Show 2007, Australia's largest and most comprehensive air show and aerospace exhibition. This is a world class event with more than 40 ADF aircraft participating in the air show. The air show is also showcasing the ADF's ground base equipment and capabilities which include the Abrams Tank. About 600 ADF personnel are deployed to bases throughout Victoria in support of the air show.
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Leading Aircraftman Steven Byrne of 38 Squadron, RAAF Base Amberley, blocks the noise of a passing F/A-18 Hornet aircraft during a display at the Avalon Air Show. Steven was taking advantage of his viewpoint atop a Royal Australian Air Force Caribou aircraft and describing by mobile telephone the events of the afternoon.
(Date taken: 22 March 2007)
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Brett Deledio, Captain of the Australian Football League's Richmond "Tigers" Football Club is briefed and outfitted with his flying suit prior to boarding an A21F/A - 18 Hornet for a flight over the south coast of Victoria. The Tigers star was invited to join Flight Lieutenant Syd McLoughlin as part of the Australian International Air Show 2007.
(Date taken: 22 March 2007)
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Brett Deledio, Captain of the Australian Football League's Richmond "Tigers" Football Club is briefed on the cockpit and ejection seat safety pointers prior to the flight of his life.
(Date taken: 22 March 2007)
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Parliamentary Secretary Mr Peter Lindsay MP shares a joke with Captain Tim Tiller, Crew Commander, and other members of the M1 Abrams tank on display at the Avalon Air Show.
(Date taken: 22 March 2007)
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Parliamentary Secretary Mr Peter Lindsay MP at the signing of the Strategic Alliance between BAE (British Aerospace Engineering) and DSTO (Defence Science and Technology Organisation at the BAE stand at the Avalon Air Show.
(Date taken: 22 March 2007)
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A gigantic Australian National Flag arrives via skydiver at the Avalon Air Show 2007.
(Date taken: 22 March 2007)
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Gunner Simon Hodgson, who has been in the 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery for three years, provides an expressive description of field gun capabilities to visitors at the Avalon Air Show 2007.
(Date taken: 22 March 2007)
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