RAAF F18 - First Arrivals From The USA 17May1985

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  • Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
  • The arrival of the first two F18s from the USA at RAAF base Williamtown on the 17th of May, 1985.
    For originality, the titles are the original ones on the tape I made up in 1985; the National A-2 VHS camera had a titling function that had 4 lines of 16 characters per line, which required preplanning on paper to get the titles centred (plus or minus one character!). Fun times compared to the ease of today's editing. :)

Комментарии • 23

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 Год назад

    Awesome.. thanks from across the ditch 👍🇳🇿✈️

  • @trevormoffat4054
    @trevormoffat4054 2 года назад +2

    Ah, the classic hornet, that is a sexy airframe!

  • @aussiemal5295
    @aussiemal5295 3 года назад +4

    Still got my US/Williamtown stamped "First Day Cover" signed by the 4 pilots.

  • @12345fowler
    @12345fowler Год назад +1

    15 hours in a F-18 ? That's gonna hurt.

  • @peterkirgan6850
    @peterkirgan6850 3 года назад +1

    Love this footage! Miss the mirage jets & Brian has been on 9 news!!!!

  • @coolshark6816
    @coolshark6816 2 года назад

    amazing footage, thanks for sharing

  • @Boxmediaphile
    @Boxmediaphile 7 месяцев назад

    I use that livery when playing DCS

  • @imbetterthanyouis
    @imbetterthanyouis 3 года назад +5

    are you kidding with the customs deceleration ? , do you have anything to declare ? yeah a vulcan cannon ,,,, waddya gunna do about it ?

    • @misterbig9025
      @misterbig9025 3 года назад

      Aussie customs (AQIS) is more interested in dairy and meat products!

  • @johno9507
    @johno9507 3 года назад +2

    Why not say 3 billion dollars instead of 3000 million?

    • @misterbig9025
      @misterbig9025 3 года назад

      Australians

    • @daemonllama78
      @daemonllama78 2 года назад

      Must have used the "long scale" back then. Everyone uses "short scale" now

    • @Booyaka9000
      @Booyaka9000 Год назад +3

      Because that was fairly common language in the early 80s.

  • @bushyfromoz8834
    @bushyfromoz8834 2 года назад

    Mirage still has the edge in the looks department ;)

  • @Spacegoat92
    @Spacegoat92 3 года назад

    High protein, low residue diet. Good idea for my through hikes...

  • @tinto278
    @tinto278 10 месяцев назад

    steak and eggs.

  • @DijakePlays
    @DijakePlays 3 года назад

    :')

  • @Robochop-vz3qm
    @Robochop-vz3qm 3 года назад

    Today we're fighting a different war in this country. Parents prosecuted or villified for parenting their children. People ostracized for saying 'Blackmans Bay', 'Coon cheese' or 'breast feeding '. I bet when they purchased those F18s all those years ago they had no idea what enemy the Australian citizen would actually come up against.

    • @Booyaka9000
      @Booyaka9000 Год назад

      Cry here or go cry in your car, boomer. Why is it the baby boomer generation is so sooky??? Toughen up, princess, and change with the times. It's not 1952 any more.