20220327-MMPI0097
A short session to see a USAF C-5M Super Galaxy 87-0032 of the 349th Air Mobility Wing take off from RAAF Base Amberley on Sunday 27th March 2022. I believe the aircraft had brought supplies over for exercise Diamond Shield 2022 a few days earlier. After a few days of crew rest it was off today to Darwin (YPDN) as callsign "REACH 195". Amusingly the crew signed off from Amberley ATC with a friendly "see ya later matey". The undercarriage was left down for quite a while after takeoff, I heard later that is a standard procedure for hot brakes. A RAAF C-17A Globemaster III A41-211 of 36SQN left before the C-5.
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