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Roulette
Team Leader SQNLDR Mark Broadbridge gives passenger Alisa
Camplin a birds-eye view of the Mount Buller ski fields.
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Photo
by CPL Steve Duncan
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Alisa
Camplin teams up with FLTLT Greg Ferguson for a game of
Fooze ball during her visit to Central Flying School.
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THE Roulettes provided the only eye-level aerobatic display in
Australia when they made a spectacular opening to the recent 2004
World Aerial Skiing Championships at Mount Buller.
The valley leading up to the slopes of the alpine village provided
the perfect amphitheatre for the team to complete their manoeuvres.
At times the public was able to look out, rather than up, to see
the team in action.
“This is one of the most interesting locations in Australia for
the public to see a Roulette display,” Flight Lieutenant Jason
Barwood, Roulette 7, said.
“It also ties in nicely with the aerobatics provided by all the
competitors.”
Athletes from Australia, USA, Canada, Japan and Europe all took
part in the Mount Buller World Aerials last month. Australian
Lydia Erodiaconou won the women’s competition.
The championships also provided world No. 1 Alisa Camplin with
the opportunity to fly with the Roulette team.
The four-ship flight provided spectacular views of the Victorian
snowfields, the highlight a low flypast of the aerial ski jump
at Mount Buller.
“This is the second best thing I’ve ever done in my life,” she
said.
“Obviously winning gold at the Olympics was first, but only slightly!”
Following her flight, she met the staff and students at the Central
Flying School at RAAF Base East Sale.
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