A4G Winterflood HMAS Melbourne Skyhawk OPS new music

[MetalReaper07]

They should of transferred the Skyhawks to the RAAF and we should of kept the Phantom and cancelled the F-111 order as it was the worst plane this country has flown hence why they gave it the nickname Pig. Although the F-111 was a great weapons platform it was plagued with so much problems and still was till retirement. The Super Hornet was bought because the Government retired the F-111 before finding a replacement and the Super Hornet only fitted the time frame. I would of picked the F-15E.

[thehouso]

Australia is getting new flat top ships, being built soon. They will be used for amphibious missions using choppers off flight deck but when the F-35s arrive with their abilities to take off and land just like a harrier jump jet, they will be used on these new ships as well.

[bobkats]

while the aussie labor government is taking from the military and breeding a dole society nothing will change, until the next conflict, no one remembers the lesson's of the past. It was only a few short years ago in east timor we traded shots with the missourian's

[Booyaka9001]

@bobkats Wow. You're a moron if you think Abbott won't do the same.

[ceskazbrojovka17HMR]

Hopefully the government will pull their heads out of their asses and equipment one of the LHDs with F-35s.

[heelers]

great video, great footage.

[SUSPECT282]

brave pilots that flight decks tiny

[sphurls1]

We are in a sad state. F111s too old. Looking at buying superhornets to replace them, what a huge mistake!

Bottom line. we need a Fleet Air Arm. India/Thailand has one.

Why not Australia? Please explain Mr governement!

[Booyaka9001]

@sphurls1 Three reasons: 1. Carriers are disproportionately expensive despite the massive capability and flexibility they provide. 2. Lack of military will. The RAAF doesn't want to provide the aircraft and the Navy leadership couldn't find their overpaid, overweight arses with GPS and a map. 3. No political will, because since the 70s, each successive government has not understood how carriers can operate. They believe the ancient notion of carriers being only a weapon, not a multirole vessel.

[lordofbore]

interesting vid thanks for posting

[Skyhawk501]

thanks for that Bengello

funny you metion the JSF that thing has not flown much in the past years now

[bengello]

No USN Nuke Carriers have been scrapped yet. Kitty Hawk is the last conventional carrier scrapped recently. It is/was a rust bucket. Wait for the LHDs and future JSF-Bs to revive fixed wing Fleet Air Arm (maybe with RAAF pilots though initially). :-)

[SeaToby1]

Its a shame the Australians never received HMS Invincible to replace HMAS Melbourne, she would have kept fixed winged naval aviation alive although with Sea Harriers. Another ship wasn't built or bought when the British cancelled her sale after the Falklands War.

In a way I am pleased the British didn't sale the Invincible. Australia would have had to buy Harriers instead of either buying a full complement of Hornets and/or upgrading her F-111 fleet.

[Skyhawk501]

Australia now dont have any Aircraft Carriers pity cause the USN is gettin rid and scrappin of all of theirs of the older type Nuke carriers

[tasoscorsair]

why HMAS Melbourne went out of action at the mid 80's? Australia now as far as I know dont have an A/C carrier....

nice video mate!

[bengello]

Yes it is a long time ago now. By the mid 1980s HMAS Melbourne was scrapped in China with the flight deck becoming a test bed for a new carrier - yet to be built - mentioned many times with several old Russian carriers also rusting away in Chinese ports.

[mightycowhero]

short launch.

[bengello]

HMAS Melbourne Catapult length varied from approx. 100 to 105-110 feet due to upgrades over the A4G era. Max. weight launches possible except in nil wind tropical conditions. Emergency extra steam could be used then. :-)

[mightycowhero]

thanks for the info.

[bengello]

Google "A4G stories PDF"

[mightycowhero]

cool

[Cullyn42]

Really wish we didn't retire the fleet fixed wing air arm. I know it was bloody expensive, but we lost a major capability the day they retired the Melbourne... :(

[deb0004]

YEAH AUSTRALIA

[bengello]

Oh yeah!

[vne1981]

What a job! Flying Skyhawks in the '70s