C17 flypast Martin Place

[MarkR]

76th Anniversary of Battle of Britain marked with Martin Place Flypast
What: Flypast of Martin Place by an Air Force C-17A Globemaster transport, coinciding with a memorial service marking 76 years since the Battle of Britain

When: Thursday, 15 September 2016. The memorial service will commence at 11:00am, and the flypast will occur at 11.30am

Where: Martin Place Cenotaph, Sydney. The aircraft will approach the CBD from the heads, overflying Woolloomooloo and then the Cenotaph at an altitude of 300 metres, before circling around and departing the Harbour area towards the heads

This year marks the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, and the Royal Australian Air Force Association (NSW Division) will hold its annual memorial for the anniversary at the Martin Place Cenotaph on Thursday, September 15.

The service will include a flypast by an Air Force C-17A Globemaster, a transport aircraft operated by No 36 Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley in Brisbane’s west.

The battle officially lasted from July to October of 1940, and saw Royal Air Force defending Britain against airborne attacks from the German Luftwaffe. The RAF’s success in this campaign has been attributed by historians for preventing a follow-on invasion of England.

During the Battle of Britain, around 450 Australian pilots were serving with the Royal Air Force, with 32 Australians serving with Fighter Command. A total of 14 Australian pilots died as a result of combat during the Battle of Britain.

The RAAF’s own No 10 Squadron was attached to RAF Coastal Command, flying maritime patrol missions from Britain.

http://airforce.gov.au/Operations/Fl...PMdufiX/RBJSoR

[Nigel C]

An altitude 300m? That could be exciting with the Barrangaroo crane currently at 1005 feet
If they fly the route as per the above, it should pass just to the south of Barrangaroo.

[James Smith]

Also Sydney Tower is 309 metres and the top of the MLC centre in Martin Place is 244 metres with the antennas. Should make for some interesting viewing of the flying display!

[Grahame Hutchison]

The requirement would be 1000ft above the highest obstacle.

[Nigel C]

It's the military....what requirement was that?

A few years ago now I was lucky enough to be in an Army Blackhawk chopper coming back from a city tour. The leg from the CBD to the airport was done between the buildings.
I'm not suggesting a C17 is going to go between buildings...

[Grahame Hutchison]

From memory the VFR requirement would be the highest obstacle within 5nm plus 1000ft.

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Grahame Hutchison

From memory the VFR requirement would be the highest obstacle within 5nm plus 1000ft.

Not applicable for aircraft doing air work, or the military

[Grahame Hutchison]

Just by chance at The Mound this morning, I turned to face the city and saw the C-17 do its flypast.

Mark, I noticed that there have been some changes to the Runway 16L and 25 approach gradients, with RWY 25 now 4.1

For RWY 25 Do you know if this has anything to do with the large cranes at the Meriton Construction Site near Eastgardens Shopping Centre ? They are very high and only 1.3km south of the extended centreline.

C1431/16 REVIEW C613/16
RWY DIST SUPPLEMENT AMD
RWY 25 APCH GRADIENT 4.1 PERCENT
AMD ENR SUP AUSTRALIA (ERSA)
FROM 06 100214 TO PERM

[Nigel C]

Those cranes are covered in the crane block Notam (C2255/16) Grahame and were installed after the June 10 date on the Notam you've quoted (I think the cranes went up in late August?).

I'm guessing the WestConnex project would have something to do with it, as there's been quite a bit of activity in the 25 undershoot area for a few months now. I'll ask around when I'm back on shift.

[MarkR]

Given its a permanent change I doubt it's anything to do with temporary installations.