RAAF 100th Birthday Flyover – including aircraft list

We were planning to be in Canberra today for the flyover thanks to Alliance Airlines and their RAAF 100 Charter! However, the ongoing Brisbane lockdown prevented that from happening. The next best thing is watching ADS-B radars & the online coverage from ABC News. Follow along here:

• ADSB Exchange
• Aussie ADSB
• ABC News Livestream of RAAF 100 Celebrations
• RAAF – Flyover Plan (PDF)
• Holding Pattern Plan (RAAF Facebook)

Last updated: 4/4/2021 8.30pm

Participating Aircraft List

Time (ADST)	Aircraft	Callsign	Serials	Notes
0930	Royal Australian Navy Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk	TIGR16 – “Tiger”	N48-016	Flag Carrier
1030	RAAF Alenia C-27J Spartan	MNGL “Mongrel”	A34-001 A34-004 A34-007 “MNGL3”	001 + 004 100th anniversary tail
	RAAF F-35A Lightning II		A35-020 A35-021 A35-022
	RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet		A44-211 A44-217
	RAAF EA-18G Growler		A46-302 A46-303	303 100th anniversary tail
1100	RAAF C-130J Hercules	WARR – “Warrior”	A97-442 A97-448 A97-465 A97-466	442 + 448 100th anniversary tail
1105	Australian Army 6th Aviation Regiment S-70A-9 Black Hawk	PEGS – “Pegasus”	A25-101 A25-222 A25-223	Rotary wing aircraft were operated by the RAAF until 1989, when they were transferred to the Australian Army.
1120	RAAF 100 Sqn Lockheed Hudson Mk III	CTRYRED	VH-KOY
	RAAF 100 Sqn CAC Boomerang		VH-MHR
	RAAF 100 Sqn North America T6 Harvard		VH-HVD
	RAAF 100 Sqn CAC Wirraway		VH-BFF
	RAAF 100 Sqn Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII.		VH-HET
	RAAF 100 Sqn Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI		VH-XVI
	RAAF 100 Sqn CA CA-18 Mk 23 Mustang		VH-SVU
	P-40 Kittyhawk		VH-PFO
1125	HARS Lockheed AP-3C Orion		VH-ORI
	HARS Lockheed SP-2H Neptune		VH-IOY (A89-273)
	HARS Douglas C-47 Dakota		VH-EAF (A65-94)
	HARS De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou		VH-VBA (A4-210)
	HARS Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina		VH-PBZ
	HARS UH-1B Iroquois		VH-NVV
1130	RAAF F-35A Lightning II	CBRA – “Cobra”	A35-020 A35-021 A35-022
	RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet	CANN – “Cannon”	A44-211 A44-217	4-ship Super Hornet + Growler formation was “Cannon Combine”
	RAAF E/A-18G Growler	SABR – “Sabre”	A46-302 A46-303	303 100th anniversary tail
	RAAF F/A-18A Hornet	MPIE – “Magpie”	A21-8 A21-11 A21-12 A21-44
	RAAF PC-21	MHYM – “Mayhem”	A54-049 – MYHM A54-048 – MYHM 12 A54-047 – MYHM 13 A54-045 – MHYM 14	45 + 49 100th anniversary tail
	RAAF B300 King Air 350	TRBO – “Turbo”	A32-988 A32-670 A32-671	670 + 671 100th anniversary tail
	RAAF C-27J Spartan	MNGL “Mongrel”	A34-001 A34-004 A34-007 “MNGL3”	001 + 004 100th anniversary tail
	RAAF C-130J Hercules	WARR “Warrior”	A97-442 A97-448 A97-465 A97-466	442 + 448 100th anniversary tail
	RAAF P-8 Poseiden	TRDT – “Trident”	A47-007 TRDT
	RAAF AP-3C Orion	TRDT – “Trident”	A9-657 TRDT04
	RAAF E-7A Wedgetail	WDTL04 – “Wedgetail”	A30-005
	RAAF C-17A Globemaster	CHRGR – “Charger”	A41-206 Charger A41-212 Charger 12 A41-209 Charger 13	206 100th anniversary tail
	RAAF KC-30A MRTT	DRGN – “Dragon”	A39-002 (lead) A39-004 (second, in formation with below Super Hornets)	004 100th anniversary tail
	RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet	CARB – “Carbine”	A44-218 (in formation with A39-004) A44-222
1145	RAAF Roulettes – PC-21	RLTS – “Roulettes”	A54-020 A54-022 A54-024 A54-030 A54-031 A54-036	036 100th anniversary tail

Other Aircraft Involved

A30-006 E-7A Wedgetail “Usher” Air-boss

A39-001KC-30A MRTT – transporting guests from Amberley – Canberra return.

(TBC) A39-006 KC-30A MRTT appeared to be in area, possibly refuelling F-35 Lightning IIs.

VH-SEV AS55 – aerial camera ship

ADS-B Screenshots

Sources

1. ADSB Exchange (live ADS-B data)
2. Aussie ADS-B (live ADS-B data)
3. RAAF 100 Flyover microsite (flyover plan)
4. OpenSky Network (live ADS-B data)
5. FlightAware (live ADS-B data)
6. ADS-B.NL (ICAO/hexcode lookup)
7. ADF-Gallery (aircraft lookup)
8. FlightRadar24 (live ADS-B data)
9. Canberra Plane Spotters Facebook Group (photo confirmation of serials)
10. ADF-Serials Facebook Group (clarification of serials – thanks to Ryan, Glenn, Rod, Stephen, Ashley, Alex, Tsong-Min & Dominic!)
11. Shortwave Listeners Delight (confirmation of callsigns)
12. Paul Sadler on Instagram (source of Classic & Super Hornet serials)