Retired RAAF B707, she flys again!

This afternoon the retired RAAF B707 A20-623 was airborne again for the first time since Jun 2008. The ex 33SQN tankers have been in open storage since their retirement & have been reactivated by Omega Air for tanking duties.

Anyway I grabbed these from my back deck late this afternoon. There was a lot of smoke in the air from pre summer back burning in the mountains to the west but i was very happy to catch her coming home from her test flight.

Hoping to get the other 2 when they fly!

Nice shots Phil.
Be nice if they did a fly around before leaving.

Still a lovely aircraft.

Awesome to see them back in the air where they belong , I miss the old 7 0 she is still a pretty bird

Where were they flying from ??

Interesting she has US tail numbers, yeah ?

Yeah, Omega is a private company contracted to operate and maintain tankers used state-side for training and operations. The majority of the active duty US Air Force tankers have been strewn about the world and are too busy to support state-side missions.

Humpy wrote in post #13288827
Awesome to see them back in the air where they belong , I miss the old 7 0 she is still a pretty bird

Where were they flying from ??

They are at Richmond at the moment, probably flying to Amberley on Tuesday for fuel then off to Hono then the mainland for a new life as tankers again.

Apexer wrote in post #13289348
Interesting she has US tail numbers, yeah ?

Yep, but they have been able to keep there RAAF numbers within the N rego, which is great. it'll make it easy to keep track of them.

cupra103 wrote in post #13290519
They are at Richmond at the moment, probably flying to Amberley on Tuesday for fuel then off to Hono then the mainland for a new life as tankers again.

Awesome , i'll do my best to snap some pics at Amberley on Tuesday