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Old 05-11-17, 00:47
Lang Lang is offline
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Phil

The A10 is the only aircraft of the modern era I wish I could have flown!

Tony

We got embroiled in the camouflage business when the army took the leap to repaint. The army aircraft, supposedly to be hidden in the same area as army vehicles had a different scheme - why!!!

The first photo is at Nui Dat 1971 and shows the Vietnam scheme on the Porters. This is not the same colour, much darker, as the same period vehicle scheme. RAAF Caribous and Iroquois had the same dark aircraft green.

The second is the current style on a Bushmaster.

The third photo is of the 60/70 period scheme. All Vietnam aircraft had this colour. You can see the floor hatch is open and the sight for the Wild RC10 camera doing mapping photography up to 25,000 feet (damn cold at that height with the door open)

The fourth is at Oakey with all new clothes on the Nomads, Porters and Blackhawks. As you can see, each aircraft has the same colours but a different pattern. If it was truely scientific the patterns would be the same!

The fifth is having fun flying under Sydney Harbour Bridge in formation. The shark teeth are an invention of 173 General Support Squadron. The d---heads yelled about it being unauthorised but the General liked it so it stayed.
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