Mum retired from work last week. Yay!!! That means that we will have lots more time to do interesting stuff. One of the things that I am keen on is getting the Oldies into better shape so that they will be really fit for our next big adventure (coming in a couple of months, just watch this space...). Walking around the lakes is a good way to do this, and our walk around Lake Burley Griffin on Wednesday had a fantastic added bonus. While we were walking, the new Chief of Air Force was being sworn in and there was a flypast of the new aircraft types that gone into RAAF service during the term of the previous Chief. So we picked a spot on the lake shore under the flightpath and got a look at aircraft we had not seen before. We had to depend on Mum's iPhone for photos; Dad's camera is great for zoom but lousy on fast imaging. Here are what we saw. The P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine maritime surveillance aircraft; the EA-18 Growler, the electronic warfare version of the FA-18 Super Hornet; the brand-new F-35 Lightning II strike fighter; and the Pilatus PC-21 trainers of the RAAF's aerobatic team, the Roulettes. Now I have the task of getting the Oldies to an airshow where I can get closer looks at these new aircraft, and the old stuff that Dad is so hooked on.
Labels: aircraft, Canberra
# posted by Bart Bear @ 1:17 pm
