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Stew Mathies shows Gus Marshall of Braidwood the cockpit
of a Squirrell from 723 Squadron during the air show at
HMAS Albatross. Photo: ABPH Neil Richards
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By
Graham Davis
The
Navy, Army and Air Force helped Australia’s Museum of Flight
stage a very successful air show at HMAS Albatross on October
5, when more than 10,000 people attended.
Service aircraft and personnel joined in activities high above
and on the ground.
Squadrons 723, 816 and 817 provided static displays of their helicopters
while a Squirrel from 723 did a flying demonstration.
Skilled pilots from the Roulettes put their charges through their
paces while the Red Berets (the Army’s Parachute Display
Team) thrilled the big audience when the four experts dropped
from a Cessna 206.
Paratrooper SGT Jamie McCoy lowered a huge Australian flag as
he dropped towards the earth beneath his red and white Army marked
parachute.
Civilian aircraft, both jet and piston driven, put on aerobatic
displays as did a flight of model aircraft.
Connie, the historic Super Constellation found in an Arizona desert
with tonnes of pigeon droppings inside (someone left a window
open) and later restored to flying condition by a team of Australian
enthusiasts, came from her Albion Park Airport base to highlight
the day.
