25th July 2009, 05:48 PM
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Location: Sydney's Eastern Suburbs - View From Bondi To Jibbon Point And Bravo 10 South
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I found this Gerard, there was an Avalon Air Show in 1995 so unlikely for there to be one at Richmond also.
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From Wikipedia
In 1988 as part of the 1988 Bicentennial of Australia, the first major airshow in Australia was held in Sydney Australia at the RAAF Air Force base at Richmond in the outer suburbs of Sydney. It was organised by members of the Schofields Flying Club, which had been running small-scale airshows at the small strip at Schofields Airfield. The Bicentennial Airshow featured a vast array of international military types including the F-15 Eagle, Panavia Tornado F3, Sea Harrier, the RNZAF aerobatic team "Kiwi Red", C-5 Galaxy, BAe Hawk and a flypast by a B-52 bomber.
In February 1991 a second airshow was held at Richmond, to celebrate the RAAF Anniversary. This was the last airshow run by the remnants of Schoe's, who provided the prime impetus to get the Aerospace Foundation of Australia up and running. The Foundation is responsible for forming AirShows DownUnder.
The Avalon airshows began commercially when Airshows DownUnder was formed, after the success of the 1988 Bicentennial of Australia Airshow and the RAAF anniversary airshow.
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