The RAAF purchased 116 Mirage III aircraft, 100 single seaters and 16 Dual seaters.
There were four fighter squadrons (mentioned earlier) and 2OCU also operated a squadron of them, mainly duals for training pilots. ARDU also operated 2 or 3 aircraft. A3-1 to A3-4 were built in France and the rest built by GAF in Victoria. A3-4 was the RAAFs one and only supersonic pilot ejection. (ARDU during spin trials in the 60s). In flight, they are the most beautiful aircraft ever built. Biased? Yep!
One of the pilots in this video said that not long after this footage was taken he ejected out of the jet whilst practicing for this show. He said that the doco crew stayed on & filmed a piece on that incident. Do you guys have that footage? He would love to see it again.
@toose70 Sorry, our main video library can't find any additional footage. The makers of the original documentary may still have it but I am unable to even tell you who they are.
@generalripper1964 ..they sure did 4 squadrons at one stage... 3 , 75, 76, and 77 ..about 110 of them... some of them are now in Pakistan after the FA-18 Hornet came to us in the mid 1980's.
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downwardspiral1906 5 months ago
The RAAF purchased 116 Mirage III aircraft, 100 single seaters and 16 Dual seaters.
There were four fighter squadrons (mentioned earlier) and 2OCU also operated a squadron of them, mainly duals for training pilots. ARDU also operated 2 or 3 aircraft. A3-1 to A3-4 were built in France and the rest built by GAF in Victoria. A3-4 was the RAAFs one and only supersonic pilot ejection. (ARDU during spin trials in the 60s). In flight, they are the most beautiful aircraft ever built. Biased? Yep!
Maxxy5852 9 months ago
One of the pilots in this video said that not long after this footage was taken he ejected out of the jet whilst practicing for this show. He said that the doco crew stayed on & filmed a piece on that incident. Do you guys have that footage? He would love to see it again.
toose70 9 months ago
@toose70 Sorry, our main video library can't find any additional footage. The makers of the original documentary may still have it but I am unable to even tell you who they are.
AirForceHQ 9 months ago
That's a classic. I even recognised a mate of mine who was in the team. Had never seen that footage before.
toose70 10 months ago
:)
MilitaryAircraft101 10 months ago
I didn't realize the RAAF used the Mirage.
generalripper1964 10 months ago
@generalripper1964 ..they sure did 4 squadrons at one stage... 3 , 75, 76, and 77 ..about 110 of them... some of them are now in Pakistan after the FA-18 Hornet came to us in the mid 1980's.
amsuther 10 months ago
Amazing!!!!
sufa256 10 months ago
These videos are great!
Kirkzzy 10 months ago