Wedgetail First Flight

Whoo Hoo, it flies. This marks the completion of the aircraft mods for the first RAAF AEW&C 737. Special guests from US and Oz as well as Wedgetail program employees were invited to witness the first (official) take-off. A small group of us decided to get a better vantage point. We all went inside the office of a helicopter school and asked them if they would let us watch from their ramp on the other side from the Boeing hanger. They offered an even better deal. A roof top deck. Photographs courtesy of David Rule.

737 AEW&C "Wedgetail" paraded in front of dignitaries, invited guests and program employees. Taxiing to the piano keys. The chase plane was in the air before the 737 and buzzed the take off of the 737 to observe the take off and no doubt take photographs.