RAF Form 414, Vol 22

Plane Tales

English - August 31, 2023 14:56 - 18 minutes - 29.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 143 ratings
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I trust that you will recall the stories from my RAF Logbook which had reached the point of my first Hornet deployment to New Zealand to work with the Kiwi A4 Skyhawks of No 75 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force at Ohakea.
The squadron we were working with had a rich history and I was sure I was going to enjoy my time with them.

75 Sqn RNZAF formed with Wellingtons purchased by the New Zealand government

75 Sqn A4 Skyhawk

The Kiwi Red formation team

Inverted whilst in contact

An A4 in combat firing rockets

How to fly a flat scissors

An FA18 pulls into the vertical

The effectiveness of camouflage

Low level

Attacking a splash target

The Hornet at night

The disappearance of the hook was investigated

The perp was arrested!

75 Sqn RNZAF was sadly disbanded

Images shown under creative commons licence with thanks to the RAF, the New Zealand Defence Force, the USN, CNATRA, Bernardo Malfitano and Myself.

I trust that you will recall the stories from my RAF Logbook which had reached the point of my first Hornet deployment to New Zealand to work with the Kiwi A4 Skyhawks of No 75 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force at Ohakea.

The squadron we were working with had a rich history and I was sure I was going to enjoy my time with them.