Thread: A pig which no longer flies

Sad it may be, but not as sad as all the ones they buried near Ipswich.

Cheers, Mick.

I'm sorry,,
WGA?

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I'm sorry,,
WGA?

my apologies Pedro it's avspeak .......

RAAF Wagga Wagga (where it will go on static display?)

Originally Posted by Killer

Sad it may be, but not as sad as all the ones they buried near Ipswich.

Cheers, Mick.

that's right - it would be interesting to know the reasoning for what does seem, superficially at least, a bit ridiculous...

many people with enough land space would have paid for the transport to their place

The politicians will blame the Americans contractual requirements to dispose of American technology so no third party gets it so they can't give them to third parties for display purposes and couldn't sell them to another country

Only option they had was to junk them

Another case of bad decision making by our politicians was to buy the American strike fighter as replacement for Hornets and F111, going to be overly expensive and under performing and delayed for years.

We should stop buying junk for the boys who want toys

Originally Posted by 87County

my apologies Pedro it's avspeak .......

RAAF Wagga Wagga (where it will go on static display?)

open to the public then?

Originally Posted by cartm58

The politicians will blame the Americans contractual requirements to dispose of American technology so no third party gets it so they can't give them to third parties for display purposes and couldn't sell them to another country

Only option they had was to junk them

I understand that was their answer - and a historical one given what happened after WW2...

But, 'we' have sold the ex-US Trackers to private hands, and the Skyhawks went to NZ - not exactly on good terms with the US??

I suspect that agreement wasn't the reason. It's obsolete equipment with little to no value on the (friendly) military market.

Anyway, just as well one has been saved.

Matt.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

open to the public then?

I don't know ... but I expect so

ATM there are 2 older jets refurbished for static display (Canberra & Meteor) out the front of the base guardroom that anyone can go and look around - if they are going to add the F111 to these they have to rearrange them to find a bit of room


Royal Australian Air Force: Heritage Centres


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