Image Gallery: September 2009
23 September 2009
Red sky over Richmond
Sydneysiders woke to a red dawn as a huge dust storm blanketed the city, carried east by gale-force winds of up to 100kph. The dust reduced visibility across the city and large parts of the state, with callers to ABC Radio saying the scene looked like something from the end of the world.
Members working on the flight line at RAAF Base Richmond were required to wear dust masks, bringing processes into place that have not previously been experienced in Australia.
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RAAF Base Richmond Flight Line during Sydney's dust storm.
(Date taken: 23 September 2009)
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Flying Officer Simone Marks from No. 44 Wing (44WG) collects flight plans as the come in through the Airfield Telecommunications Network (AFTN) at the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower at RAAF Base Richmond.
(Date taken: 23 September 2009)
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The Air Traffic Control Tower at RAAF Base Richmond during Sydney's dust storm.
(Date taken: 23 September 2009)
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A gate guard at RAAF Base Richmond protects himself with a dust mask as he allows dust covered cars on base.
(Date taken: 23 September 2009)
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Leading Aircraftman Owen Van Arden, a No. 37 Squadron (37SQN) Avionics Technician, takes shelter in the cab of a tow motor as dust covers the RAAF Base Richmond flightline.
(Date taken: 23 September 2009)
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No. 37 Squadron (37SQN) Hercules aircraft are enveloped in thick dust on the RAAF Richmond flightline.
(Date taken: 23 September 2009)
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No. 37 Squadron (37SQN) Avionics Technician Corporal Brett Peterson emerges from the dust coating the RAAF Richmond flightline.
(Date taken: 23 September 2009)
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Members of No. 37 Squadron (37SQN) work on a C-130J Hercules despite the thick dust covering the RAAF Richmond flightline.
(Date taken: 23 September 2009)
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(L-R) Aircraftman (AC) Chris Flanagan and AC Clayton Brown of No. 37 Squadron (37SQN) continue to work on the RAAF Richmond flightline despite the thick dust.
(Date taken: 23 September 2009)
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No. 37 Squadron (37SQN) Hercules aircraft are bathed in dust on the RAAF Richmond flightline.
(Date taken: 23 September 2009)
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