Grant was invited by the Royal Australian Air Force’s airshow event organisers to join the commentary team for the 2019 RAAF Air Show at RAAF Base Edinburgh.
RAAF 2019 Air Show at Edinburgh
Avalon Airshow 2019
Grant provided commentary at the 2019 Australian International Airshow (aka Avalon) for Paul Andronicou, from Paul Andronicou Aerobatics, who was flying his Extra 300S. You can see more of Paul’s flying on his YouTube channel.
Covering Exercise Pitch Black 2014
Every two years the Royal Australian Air Force hosts a series of simulated air warfare missions with attendees from multiple countries taking part. Code named “Pitch Black,” the exercise has over 40 military aircraft operating from RAAF Base Darwin and RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory with missions held over the Delamere Range Facility and Bradshaw Field Training Area.
For Exercise Pitch Black 2014, Southern Skies Online Media sent Grant up to Darwin to cover the event. Joining a group of four other aviation media specialists, Grant was taken on the tarmac at RAAF Base Darwin and also flown to RAAF Base Tindal by RAAF King Air transport. At both locations the small group was provided with unparalleled access to Australian, American, Singaporean, French and Thai aircraft, pilots & maintainers.
In addition to maintaining a constant stream of updates & photographs on the Plane Crazy Down Under Facebook page, Grant also recorded plenty of audio content for use in a future episode while also making & refreshing contacts within the armed forces. While it was certainly a busy (& hot :) ) time in Darwin, it was very productive.
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Covering the C130H Decommissioning
This included being on board the final C130H media flight as it flew over Sydney Harbour, being on site at RAAF Base Richmond as the aircraft practiced their farewell flight for the official ceremony and being on site at Pt Cook when a C130H arrived at the RAAF Museum.