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While I was walking into a customer site yesterday in Victoria Parade, I spotted a ADF C-130 Hercules, with what appeared to be a F-18 refueling. But I wasn't aware that the Hercules were used for refueling?

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i thought that it was refuelling too until i saw the pics in the paper yesterday. I think they were just taking happy snaps of the F-18 over the city :stupid:

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Aus doesn't have any KC-130s (K as in Kerosene), but the yanks do.

There were a few C-130s around on monday/tuesday, one flying out of Essendon (C-130H probably for the airshow), A C-130H that came into our Hangar to be modified and C-130J that bought some stuff down to us that we needed for the aircraft that had just been modified.

I work out the hangar fairly often, it's the one closest the freeway ('Tenix' and a big red spalt on it, currently has a C-130H outside), and we often take care of visiting RAAF stuff (I think we are having a couple of F/A-18s parkesd outside as well soon). The RAAF VIP stuff comes through, so we've seen Johnie Howard.

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Hey what, if anything, is on at the airshow in the way of family fun stuff to do? I haven't been since i was a wee lad, but I used to have a thing for top gun so the planes were all the entertainment I needed back then :(

But this time 'round I want to take the other half and the wee lass. So what's around to keep them entertained? Croquet and Cognac? :)

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There seems to be so many crashes at airshows. I guess its inevitable when you're showing off in the air.

This one is probably one of the better ones. Considering it is a fairly rare plane to see, especially to crash into someones house. Its also amazing no one died.

http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/6605/Steal...rash_Into_House

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