The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
At Fort Worth, Texas, 4 August 1968 the RAAF took delivery of the first of its new strike-reconnaissance aircraft, the F-111C. The aircraft was handed over to the Australian Minister for Defence, Mr Alan Fairhall, during a ceremony at the General Dynamics plant. This item shows the first flight test of the RAAF F-111C. The aircraft taxies from a hangar to the runway, takes off; aerial shots of the aircraft in flight. After landing the aircraft returns to its hangar and its crew disembark. Opening shot of the stencil of the RAAF kangaroo symbol stencil applied to the side of the aircraft.
Fort Worth, Texas, USA August 1967. Visit by RAAF delegation to the General Dynamics aircraft plant manufacturing the F-111 swing wing strike aircraft. Shows interior of the plant, F-111 assembly line
Trainee pilots and navigators undergo an intensive training course where they will learn "the mysteries of the swing wing", before they are allowed to operate the supersonic F-111 strike aircraft for
General Dynamics RF-111C swing wing all-weather supersonic attack and reconnaissance aircraft. All metal construction with the two crew (pilot and navigator/systems operator) sitting side by side in
Training ground for F-111 crews. Scenes include exterior and interior of base buildings personnel examining aircraft parts; and mock ups of F-111C components such as the flight ref system. An instruct
RAAF Base Amberley, Qld, June 1973. Coverage of the arrival of the RAAF's new two-seat strike aircraft the F-111C. Shows F-111C aircraft parked on the tarmac. The crews who flew them from the USA stan
At Avalon airfield, Victoria, senior service and civilian personnel gathered at a ceremony held for the official handing over of the log books of the first Macchi off the production line in Australia.
