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RAAF Caribou for HARS
Just saw this media release from the RAAF. Long live the Caribou & hope to see this amazing aircraft at next years Wings Over Illawarra.
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thats good news
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One large and well known Australian Aviation Museum in a capital city tendered for one but were notified recently that their bid was unsuccessful.
It was sought for static / non-flying display inside a large hangar. |
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A few questions :
1) Who is Amrock Aviation as there is virtually nothing about them on the Net ? 2) If HARS gets two Caribous then does it follow that Amrock will get seven as inferred by the Press Release ?. 3) Why can't the Government just donate a Caribou to a "large and well known Australian Aviation Museum in a large Capital city" ? And other old aircraft for that matter to other museums around the country. |
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1) A couple of ex-RAAF Caribou guys are setting up Amrock as a startup...
2) Amrock will get seven, yes. I don't think all will be flown operationally though - it's likely a couple will be canabilised for parts. 3) If a museum wants an aircraft, they have to meet certain conditions. Included in this are things like covering the cost of demilitarising the aircraft, how it will be stored, a maintenance plan (even if static), transport costs to the museum site etc. If a museum has been refused, it means it didn't meet the criteria. |
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In regards to last bit in your post Andrew about transport costs etc for a museum, will the 2 Caribou's for HARS be flown down (if still in an airworthiness state obviously) or will they be road transported & then made airworthy??
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No idea sorry - No Caribous have flown for nearly two years, so I would imagine they'll be transported by road and then reassembled at Albion Park.
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I noticed the other day that there appear to be possibly 2 sitting at Richmond, behind the B707's.
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The 3 at Richmond were training aids, and it's been a long time since they saw the air.
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A Caribou was delivered to HARS in Albion Park late yesterday afternoon, initially making a flyover of the field before landing on Rwy 34. HARS Cessna 310 was close by for the flyover.
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