Avalon 2019 ⋆ MAphotoSG

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The Australian International Airshow 2019 or better known as Avalon Airshow is in it’s fourteenth instalment this year. Held at Avalon Airport southwest of the city of Melbourne.

It is the largest and most comprehensive event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Opening on a Tuesday in the week for trade visitors and ending with three days of action-packed public flying displays complemented by an amazing array of static aircraft to view up close.

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was out on full force displaying a whole fleet of assets from Helicopters, Transport aircraft and Fighters to the latest aquisition, the F-35A Joint Strik Fighter. On the civilian part of the flying display, many warbirds private organisations were represented. Making it’s debut for this event is the Russian Roolettes aerobatic team flying the Russian Tak-52 and Chinese Nanchung Cj6 aircrafts.

Here are some of the highlights of the aerial display.

01. Parachute Display with RAAF Ensign Flag

02. RAAF C-130J Hercules

03. RAAF P8A Poseidon

04. Jetworks Display Team SIAI-Marchetti S.211. The aircraft were previously operated by the Republic of Singapore Air Force and flown out of RAAF Pearce, WA in the training role before being replaced by the Pilatus PC21.

05. Jetworks Display Team SIAI-Marchetti S.211. The aircraft were previously operated by the Republic of Singapore Air Force and flown out of RAAF Pearce, WA in the training role before being replaced by the Pilatus PC21.

06. RAAF F-35A Joint Strike Fighter

07. RAAF F-35A Joint Strike Fighter

08. RAAF F-35A Joint Strike Fighter

09. JASDF Kawasaki C-2

10. USAF F-22A Raptor

11. RAAF F-35A Joint Strik Fighter and 2 F/A-18 Hornets

12. RAAF F-35A Joint Strike Fighter

13. RAAF F-18B Hornet

14. RAAF F-18B Hornet

15. The SkyAces are Australia’s only high performance civilian aerobatic team consisting of four biplanes piloted by of Australia’s finest aerobatic pilots

16. The Cessna A-37B Dragonfly is a development of an aircraft originally designed, in 1952 (the T37 Tweet) as a trainer for the US Air Force. The A-37B in its current configuration is designed as a ground attack aircraft and was developed to meet the COIN (counter insurgency) role.