Mirage A3-44 at Scone

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Such a pity that getting one of these flying (and a Macchi) seems to beyond even Temora. They were great to see, and hear.

Small point about the linked article though. They are not the fastest aircraft that the RAAF has operated. The F-111 wins that prize.
 
Pedant is… in….

Article described the Mirage as the fastest fighter, the F111 was an attack aircraft
 
True, but the F in F-111 actually means it was from a fighter series. It wasn't a B-111. So, is my pedant matching your pedant?

Of course we all know that that's a leftover from when the USN was dragged, kicking and screaming, into the program.
 
There was an FB-111, but not in the RAAF.

But of course the F 111Gs the RAAF acquired from the USAF in the 1990s were originally FB 111s in service with USAF Strategic Air Command. With the closure of SAC, they were upgraded to become F 111Gs, and it was some of these which were transferred to the RAAF.
 
There was an FB-111, but not in the RAAF.
That was SAC's version of the aircraft. It was solely meant to deliver glow in the dark packages, presumably after a one way journey.

I think you'll find that some of the attrition aircraft that the RAAF acquired were originally FBs.
 
The F111 was a very topical subject among the chattering classes, a mate of mine (at thetime) even wrote a song about it

 
On a somewhat different note, HARS was the venue for a farewell for the couple of hundred QF pilots who left en masse at the end of last year. One was seen attempting to start the Mirage, and we can only wonder how that would have panned out, had he been successful.
 
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