I've never had much contact with my father's side of the family, so my paternal granddad (pictured) is particularly a mystery to me. I knew he was a maths teacher (and eventually high school principal), but I didn't know he had a BA and an MSc. Even before he enlisted, he'd spent four years as a civilian instructor for the #RAAF (air force) and army reserves. I knew he married a music teacher, but it turns out he also conducted the #ChartersTowers Municipal Choir and Orchestra. (2/3)
During the Allied invasion of Sicily in mid-1943, No. 3 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) encountered an abandoned Macchi C.205 (MM9377) Restored it to flying condition squadron code CV-V https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/macchi-c-205-captured-by-australia/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #fighter #Macchi #MacchiMC205 #plane #RAAF #RoyalAustralianAirForce #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2
Two years I missed the RAAF flyover at the Brisbane march. Not because I wasn't there — because I was still searching for the jets when they'd passed. The lesson: choose your background first. Lock focus on the empty sky above a heritage roofline. When you hear the engines, don't search. Just shoot.
#ANZACDay #BrisbanePhotography #RAAF
L'Australie retire ses C-27J Spartan : une flotte récente mise de côté, remplacée par des avions commerciaux pour ses missions logistiques www.avianews.ch/post/l-austr... #Space #Science #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #Aviation #RAAF #C27J #Defense #NewSpace

L’Australie retire ses C-27J «...
L’Australie retire ses C-27J « Spartan » !

C’est une petite surprise du côté de Canberra, le pays va se séparer de sa flotte d’avions de transport tactiques C-27J « Spartan ». 

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L'Australie retire ses C-27J Spartan : une flotte récente mise de côté, remplacée par des avions commerciaux pour ses missions logistiques
https://www.avianews.ch/post/l-australie-retire-ses-c-27j-spartan #Space #Science #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #Aviation #RAAF #C27J #Defense #NewSpace
L’Australie retire ses C-27J « Spartan » !

C’est une petite surprise du côté de Canberra, le pays va se séparer de sa flotte d’avions de transport tactiques C-27J « Spartan ». 

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RAAF Roulettes from our balcony...

#Canberra #Sky #RAAF #Roulettes

#auspol Address to the nation? Thought it would be important not some commonsense options we had worked out for ourselves.
What an utter waste of time.

At least he didn't send any *more #RAAF or #ADF to #UAE or another locality in #US and #Israel's multiple warzones.

* From The Conversation of 10 March 2026
'The Albanese government has decided to send a RAAF E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), along with 85 personnel and a supply of air-to-air missiles capable of shooting down drones.'

The Royal Australian Air Force was formed OTD in 1921 https://toilet-guru.com/aircraft.html?s=mb #RAAF #history
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An RAAF F35 doing a fly-by performance display at Skyfire 2026, Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra.

#Canberra #LakeBerleyGriffin #Skyfire #Skyfire2026 #RAAF #F35 #F35Lightning

Vervolg van de #raaf - Corvus corax - van gisteren. Een röntgenfoto maakte zichtbaar waarom de vogel niet kon vliegen (zie ALT). Het dier wordt nu geopereerd. Wie dat wil kan aan de opvang doneren defugelhelling.nl

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