Ex. Ran to Firefighters

[Greg Hyde]

Flying Wombats Australia/Skyline Aviation group based at Belmont Airport NSW has purchased 11 ex. RAN S-70B-2 which will be converted to fire fighting aircraft.

VH-XHJ (ex. N24-002) has already been added to reg.

The other 10 a/c are believed to be N24-004,5,7,8,10,11,12,14,15,16.

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Greg Hyde

Flying Wombats Australia/Skyline Aviation group based at Belmont Airport NSW has purchased 11 ex. RAN S-70B-2 which will be converted to fire fighting aircraft.

VH-XHJ (ex. N24-002) has already been added to reg.

The other 10 a/c are believed to be N24-004,5,7,8,10,11,12,14,15,16.

They bought them in 2018 N24-016 was on display at Avalon 2019 in Skyline markings with fire hawk tank

[Greg Hyde]

Thanks Mark for posting this info when you were aware of it 2018.

[MarkR]

No point posting news on maybes, just like the trackers and the army blackhawks that were also meant to become fire busters after their ADF service. One also wonders what happened to the ten blackhawks from 2017 that Starflight would operate after they were imported and upgraded.

One of the biggest problems with social media is news being posted that’s not news or old news .

[Greg Hyde]

What about the N24-016 at Avalon, that wasn't rumor was it ?

A photo of N24-016 from Avalon in early 2019 would of been nice !

The actual ids of the a/c purchased other than VH-XHJ hadn't been posted to my knowledge.

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Greg Hyde

What about the N24-016 at Avalon, that wasn't rumor was it ?

A photo of N24-016 from Avalon in early 2019 would of been nice !

The actual ids of the a/c purchased other than VH-XHJ hadn't been posted to my knowledge.

ADF serials has all the details including N24-016s appearance at Avalon while the frame details were in the tender https://www.tenders.gov.au/atm/ShowC...viewMode=False

https://www.noosanews.com.au/news/ro...fence/3665320/ has a pic of N24-016 “fitted” with a tank (and long term storage blocks)