Image Gallery: July 2006
Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley
20 July 2006
The aircraft lost one main wheel during take off and it was decided the safest method to land was with the complete undercarriage retracted. The arrestor hook system was successfully employed to stop the aircraft.
| 20060720/000181742_03_070 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_03_081 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_03_084 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar. Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_03_086 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_04_177 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0069 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Koma Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0070 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0071 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0076 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0080 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0089 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0092 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0101 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner Air crew give a high five to each other after saftely walking away from aircraft (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0102 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner Air Force fire tender hose down aircraft with foam after a successful landing Air crew give a hug to each other after safely exiting aircraft (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0107 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner Airforce fire tenders hose down aircraft with foam after a successful landing (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0115 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner Air Force fire crew hose down aircraft with foam after a successful wheels up landing. (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_05_0137 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner Air Force fire crew tenders hose down aircraft with foam after a successful wheels up landing. (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_06_004 Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. Pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner F-111 sitting on main runway at RAAF Amberley after being hosed down with foam on completion of successful wheels up landing. (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_10_007 6 Squadron Pilot, Flying Officer P. Komar I Squadron Navigator, Flight Lieutenant L. Warner Standing in front of RF-111C aircraft they successfully landed with the wheels up after losing a main wheel on take off. (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_10_014 6 Squadron Pilot, Flying Officer P. Komar I Squadron Navigator, Flight Lieutenant L. Warner Standing in front of RF-111C aircraft they successfully landed with the wheels up after losing a main wheel on take off. (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/000181742_10_015 6 Squadron Pilot, Flying Officer P. Komar and I Squadron Navigator, Flight Lieutenant L. Warner Standing in front of RF-111C aircraft they successfully landed with the wheels up after losing a main wheel on take off. (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060720/20060718raaf8177177_090 Royal Australian Air Force F-111 A8-143, carries out a successful wheels up landing at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Queensland Australia, 18 July 2006 (Date taken: 18 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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