Hi Everyone, Don’t forget about the Wallaby Airlines Lunch Meetup. At Jade Buddha Bar & Kitchen on the Second Thursday of Each Month. Click the link to register: http://radschool.org.au/Lunch%20Club/ Check out our facebook page! Follow it to be added to the closed discussion group to keep in touch and find us when for the next…
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RAAF base Richmond, NSW 26 February 1972. Shows a formation of No 35 Squadron RAAF Caribou transport aircraft peeling off, landing and taxi in line. Glimpses of the aircrew. Air to air of the four Caribous in flight over Sydney.
The only thing unusual about this Wallaby 006 mission on the 30th August 1967 was that an Australian army colonel, Colonel White, had made a request to be a passenger for the day. Apparently he had a day off from duties at Nui Dat and decided to, as he joked. “See what you RAAF blokes…
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Click on the link below to view: Virtual Tour of US Airforce Museum (May need to update Flash Player to view)
There has always been rivalry between all three military services but as for me, I now wave a flag of truce as I reflect on days gone by in peace and war. There are so many memories, the reliable and beloved Huey helicopter, the seemingly vulnerable Spartan patrol boats and then of course those magnificent…
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As the RAAF is planning to demob Caribous it is an appropriate time that the origins of “Wallaby” are explained. The like most tales of origins the name “Wallaby” Airlines was a combination of different events. To the best of my recollections this is how the nameless form; a name which later became famous in…
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