Williamtown - Aces North Finale

[Stephen Brown]

For all those who made the journey up, or stayed in bed and missed it, here is the story on the FCI graduates returning home.

http://www.nbnnews.com.au/index.php/2013/06/28/airfield-strike-to-welcome-home-newest-fighter-combat-instructors/

[Chris Primmer]

22 Hornets departed around 7am

Then 45 minutes later we got a great display of speed!

37 Hornets come back
5x 18F
8x 18D
22x 18C

ChrisP

[Radi K]

Great shots!

[Gary Smith8]

Chris,

That would be 8 x 18B.

[Rob R]

And 22 x A's.

[Bernie P]

Well, arriving at 4.30am, there was a bit of fog about, and surprisingly, warm…

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3666/9155279590_d6fe1c8ab6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9155279590/)
RAAF Williamtown-8289 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9155279590/) by A u s s i e P o m m (http://www.flickr.com/people/berniep/), on Flickr

As the sun started to break, it was very evident, there was a LOT of people interested!!

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3690/9154508925_e70e6ce5e8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9154508925/)
RAAF Williamtown-8303 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9154508925/) by A u s s i e P o m m (http://www.flickr.com/people/berniep/), on Flickr

Departures commenced closer to the 7am mark…

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5481/9153062245_ccce2de675_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9153062245/)
RAAF Williamtown-8388 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9153062245/) by A u s s i e P o m m (http://www.flickr.com/people/berniep/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3755/9155280892_499f75f511_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9155280892/)
RAAF Williamtown-8330 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9155280892/) by A u s s i e P o m m (http://www.flickr.com/people/berniep/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2870/9153058735_7be5150ce7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9153058735/)
RAAF Williamtown-8333 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9153058735/) by A u s s i e P o m m (http://www.flickr.com/people/berniep/), on Flickr

And after about an hour, the arrivals started…

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/9159253342_e12e02178d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9159253342/)
RAAF Williamtown-8542 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9159253342/) by A u s s i e P o m m (http://www.flickr.com/people/berniep/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7320/9157020613_5e85cd747b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9157020613/)
RAAF Williamtown-8552 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9157020613/) by A u s s i e P o m m (http://www.flickr.com/people/berniep/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3775/9159241540_295652a697_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9159241540/)
RAAF Williamtown-8556 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9159241540/) by A u s s i e P o m m (http://www.flickr.com/people/berniep/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5473/9153509189_bcf4dd5a04_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9153509189/)
RAAF Williamtown-8569 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniep/9153509189/) by A u s s i e P o m m (http://www.flickr.com/people/berniep/), on Flickr

It was really, a great morning, and well worth the drive up!

[SteveR]

Nice photos guys !!!

[Greg Hyde]

Nice shots

Willytown can be a cold place at that time of the morning.

I'm surprised that the Air Museum didn't put on a sausage sizzle/coffee or some other fund raising event based on the number of onlookers.