Aircraft 68-0271 Data

Airframe Info

Manufacturer:	General Dynamics
Model:	FB-111A Aardvark    Search all General Dynamics FB-111A Aardvark
Year built:	1970
Construction Number (C/N):	B1-43
Aircraft Type:	Fixed wing multi engine
Number of Seats:	2
Number of Engines:	2
Engine Type:	Turbofan
Engine Manufacturer and Model:	Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-7

Aircraft

Registration Number:

68-0271

Owner

Address:

, Amberley Australia

User Comments

Glenn E. Chatfield, 2012-01-30 17:41:34

Aircraft originally FB-111A with USAF first flying 1970, then to F-111G to RAAF on 1/14/94. www.adfserials.com has this: Performed the flyby during the 2000 Olympic games closing ceremony over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Grounded from 12/02/02 to 2003 due to wing failures. Was in Service 6 Sqn. All F-111Gs retired by 2007. Aircraft scrapped and fuselage buried at Swanbank landfill site near Ipswich 11/2011.