| ADF.Serial |
Type |
Const No. |
Delivery |
Previous
ID |
Aircraft History |
A18-002
A18-300 |
N22 |
02 |
07/73 |
VH-SUR |
Second Pre-production prototype, Nomad 02,
Displayed at the 1972 Farnborough Airshow.
Was leased to the Australian Army.
Crashed 03/10/73.
Rebuilt as training aid
Marked as A18-300. We are not sure that it ever wore A18-300 in service
Currently gate guard at Oakey QLD.
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| A18-303 |
N22B |
03 |
07/10/75 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army July 1975
Involved with ARDU trial in PNG during 1980.
09/09/91 Crashed 20km East of Tenterfield.
All 4 on board killed. Major Lynn Hummerston, Corporal Peter McCarthy of the Australian Army and two PNGDF pilots under instruction on the Nomad.
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| A18-304 |
N22B |
40 |
11/07/77 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 11/07/77
Served with 173 Squadron
1995 Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-822.
29/09/2001 still wearing camouflage'
2012 stored without engines on the remote military tarmac at Surabaya International Airport
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| A18-305 |
N22B |
41 |
05/08/77 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 05/08/77
Served with 173 Squadron
Retained by ADF as training aid.
Was located at Wiringa Army Base near Albury
Does not appear on current satellite imagery of the base
Current location and status unknown
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| A18-306 |
N22B |
43 |
19/08/77 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 19/08/77
Served with 173 Squadron
Retained by ADF as Training Aid.
Was located at RSTT Wagga
21/06/2018 departed Wagga having been donated to Royal Flying Doctor Service museum at Broken Hill.
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| A18-307 |
N22B |
45 |
18/10/77 |
n/a |
First Flight 06/09/77.
Contractors Test Flights Carried Out. 7.5 hrs between 06/09/77 and 23/09/77.
First RAAF Acceptance Test Flight 17/10/77. 2nd and 3rd Acceptance Test Flight's 18/10/77.
Aircraft accepted by RAAF on 18/10/77.
Flown from GAF to Oakey QLD 19/10/77, flight time 4.9 hours.
Allocated to 173 General Support Sqn 29/03/78.
Flown to maintenance facility for modification 22/01/79.
To 173 Sqn 11/05/79.
Placed into short term storage 15/12/83 to 23/01/84, total airframe hours were 2292.7.
Oakey Airshow 1986 with 173 Sqn.
To GAF Avalon for Autopilot fit 07/02/86.
Damaged 24/09/86, Bundi PNG after a heavy landing - total airframe hours 3446.0.
Cat 4 inspection and repair carried out by Hawker Pacific at Archerfield QLD, new starboard wing fitted.
Army Acceptance flight carried out 22/09/87, total of 3449 flight hours.
To 173 Sqn 25/09/87.
Horizontal Stabilizer changed due to cracks found 10/02/88, total of 3607.3 flight hours.
Aircraft grounded for repairs to starboard wing between 29/05/90 and 13/02/91, total of 4401.1 flight hours.
All Nomads grounded 16/09/91, total of 4699.3 flight hours.
Test flown and found serviceable 24/01/92.
To Oakey Logistic Battalion for service 28/11/93 to 17/10/94.
Last recorded flight of 0.4 hours carried out, it was a test flight.
Total flight hours were 5452. Engines inhibited 14/08/95.
To RAMS, RAEME Aircraft Maintenance School, for training aid 1996.
To MAAF at Oakey QLD and placed on display 10/03/04.
Current static display Museum of Army Aviation, Oakey QLD.
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| A18-308 |
N22B |
47 |
16/12/78 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 16/12/78
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-823.
Advised P-823 at Surabaya / Juanda (JI), preserved at access road to air base.
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| A18-309 |
N22B |
48 |
31/01/78 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 31/01/78
Oakey Airshow 1986, with School of Army Aviation.
1995 Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-824.
As of 02/04/01 it was located at Surabuya.
Total Flight time 6352 hours and 7703 landings.
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| A18-310 |
N22B |
49 |
19/05/78 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 19/05/78
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-825.
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| A18-311 |
N22B |
51 |
23/05/78 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 23/05/78
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-826.
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| A18-312 |
N22B |
63 |
24/01/79 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 24/01/79
Served with 173 Squadron
Damaged 15/02/89 Sataway PNG.
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-827.
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| A18-313 |
N22B |
65 |
10/08/79 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 10/08/79
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-828.
Noted stored without engines on the remote military tarmac at Surabaya International Airport
5/08/2017 mounted on a plinth in the city of Kendari wearing latest dark grey TNI-AL scheme
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| A18-314 |
N22B |
131 |
11/11/82 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 11/1182
Served with School of Army Aviation
Richmond Airshow 1988.
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-829.
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| A18-315 |
N22B |
132 |
20/12/82 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 20/12/82
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-830.
Currently mounted on a plinth at Probolinggo Muicipal Government Museum wearing dark grey TNI-AL scheme
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| A18-316 |
N22B |
90 |
89 |
VH-SFR |
Built as Searchmaster,
Used by Coastwatch for coastal surveillance
Used by Reprographic P/L of Townsville, Qld
GAF demonstrator in the US in 1985.
It was modified from a Searchmaster back to an N22B
Nicknamed 'Matilida One'.
Acquired by RAAF in 1989
Was in service with ARDU, withdrawn 11/91 after crash of A18-401
5832 Flight hours and 2585 landings. and
Transferred to Oakey as Training Airframe.
Loaned to Boeing Australia for Nomad modification trials.
To Gippsland Aeronautics (later GippsAero then Mahindra Aerospace) Traralgon, Vic.
Donated by Mahindra Aerospace to Australian National Aviation Museum at Moorabbin arriving by truck on 17/03/2016
To be on static display as part of ANAM's GAF collection.
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| A18-317 |
N22B |
166 |
11/05/93 |
n/a |
One of eleven originally built for a US Customs follow on order that did not eventuate.
Stored at Oaklands, NSW
Avalon Airshow 1992.
Acquired by Australian Army 11/05/93
Retained GAF promotional paint scheme in Army service
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-831.
Was located at Tanjung Pinang (KR), next to northern shed. |
| A18-318 |
N22B |
167 |
21/04/93 |
n/a |
One of eleven originally built for a US Customs follow on order that did not eventuate.
Stored at Oaklands, NSW
Noted in hangar at Avalon Airshow 1992.
Acquired by Australian Army 21/04/93
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-832.
30/12/2007 noted in service wearing later dark grey scheme.
Located at Surabaya / Juanda (JI), Preserved at Museum Penerbangan as TNI-AL.
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| A18-319 |
N22B |
168 |
16/07/93 |
n/a |
One of eleven originally built for a US Customs follow on order that did not eventuate.
Stored at Oaklands, NSW
Acquired by Australian Army 16/07/93
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-833.
Crashed 30/12/2007 off Sabang Indonesia.
The Indonesian Navy Nomad departed Sabang at 11:10 on a maritime surveillance mission. After fifteen minutes the pilot reported engine problems and said he was returning to Sabang. The Nomad did not make it to the airfield and the airplane came down 200 m offshore in bad weather and sank.
Of the seven people on board, two were rescued, two died and three were reported missing.
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| A18-320 |
N22B |
169 |
21/04/93 |
n/a |
One of eleven originally built for a US Customs follow on order that did not eventuate.
Stored at Oaklands, NSW
Noted in hangar at Avalon Airshow 1992.
Acquired by Australian Army 21/04/93
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-834.
Stored on Ramp, Surabaya / Juanda (JI).
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| A18-321 |
N22B |
170 |
25/06/93 |
n/a |
One of eleven originally built for a US Customs follow on order that did not eventuate.
Stored at Oaklands, NSW
Acquired by Australian Army 25/06/93
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-835.
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| A18-401 |
N24A |
128 |
89 |
n/a |
Acquired by RAAF 1989
Was in Service with ARDU.
Crashed 12/03/90, Mallala SA.
Caused by the in-flight structural failure of the horizontal stabiliser.
This fatal crash caused the grounding of all Nomads in the RAAF fleet.
Crew; FLTLT Glenn Donovan killed.
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| A18-402 |
N24A |
130 |
31/01/89 |
VH-HVK |
Registered VH-HVK for testing by GAF/ASTA
31/01/1989, Acquired by RAAF for 75 Sqn.
Initially based at Oakey 02/89 for training then ferried to Tindal 03/83.
02/1992, Photographed at RAAF Darwin during Kangaroo '92.
In Service with 75 Sqn 10/1993.
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-836.
26/09/2001 noted in service wearing old light grey and white scheme
24/02/2012 noted in service wearing later dark grey scheme
31/03/2015 noted in service wearing later dark grey scheme
29/04/2019 noted on static display Juanda Naval Base Open Day wearing prominent shark's mouth
24/07/2018 noted parked with shark's mouth removed.
Stored on Ramp, Surabaya / Juanda (JI).
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| A18-403 |
N24A |
135 |
31/01/89 |
VH-HVL |
Registered VH-HVL for testing by GAF/ASTA
Acquired by RAAF 75 Squadron 31/01/89
Initially based at Oakey 02/89 for training then ferried to Tindal 03/89
Damaged 17/09/91, Tindal NT.
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-837.
7/09/2009 crashed East Kalimantan, Borneo. 5 of the 9 aboard perished
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| A18-404 |
N24A |
136 |
23/03/93 |
n/a |
Originally built as a static test frame
Acquired by Australian Army 23/03/93
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-838.
Noted to be still in service in 2007.
Preserved Taman Hutan Koman. City Forrest Park. |
| A18-405 |
N24A |
139 |
10/11/93 |
n/a |
One of eleven originally built for a US Customs follow on order that did not eventuate.
Stored at Oaklands, NSW
Acquired by Australian Army 10/11/93
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-839.
Preserved outside gate, Surabaya / Juanda (JI). Gate Guard?? |
| A18-406 |
N24A |
140 |
15/12/93 |
n/a |
One of eleven originally built for a US Customs follow on order that did not eventuate.
Stored at Oaklands, NSW
Acquired by Australian Army 15/12/93
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-840.
Initially operated wearing camouflage
24/02/2012 noted in service wearing later dark grey scheme
29/04/2019 noted on static display Juanda Naval Base Open Day wearing prominent shark's mouth
17/06/2019 noted on static display Juanda Naval Base Children's Day wearing prominent shark's mouth. |
| A18-407 |
N24A |
142 |
28/09/93 |
n/a |
One of eleven originally built for a US Customs follow on order that did not eventuate.
Stored at Oaklands, NSW
Acquired by Australian Army 28/09/93
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesian Navy Air Arm (TNI-AL) as P-841.
Noted wearing early white and light grey scheme
05/2006 noted at Padang wearing later dark grey scheme.
Preserved Wahyu Lake. |
| A18-408 |
N24A |
124 |
22/12/93 |
VH-NOM |
During 1994 this aircraft was dismantled and flown to the UK in a C-130. Loading the fuselage onto 3 mil standard pallets with the gear retracted the wings on top of the fuselage, the engines in the fuselage, the props separated, the vertical fin and horizontal stab up either size of the fuselage above the stub fins and the lift struts in the fuselage. On reassembly in the UK by personnel of 173 Surveillance Sqn, it was flown back to Australia as a support aircraft accompanying G-EAOU a Vickers Vimy replica. It's landing back at Oakey after this flight was the last N22/N24 flight made in support of the ADF (there were several others after this but they were all ferry and test flights involved in the disposal program).
Crew: Major Mick Reynolds Australian Army Aviation (Pilot), Captain Gary Tierney Australian Army Aviation (Co-Pilot), Corporal Robert (Bob) Shaw Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. (All trades/Flight fitter). 4 other tradesmen accompanied the aircraft to the UK and did the reassembly.
Test flown serviceable within 36 hours of being unloaded.
Was on static display Museum of Army Aviation, Oakey QLD.
Loaned to a group at Archerfield as a training aid
2016 Returned by road to Oakey
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| n/a |
N24A |
80 |
n/a |
VH-BRP |
Nomad VH-BRP was not an ADF aircraft.
It is included here to avoid any confusion due to it is now painted in a camouflage scheme at Benalla Aviation Museum. |
| n/a |
N22B |
58 |
n/a |
VH-FZP |
Nomad VH-FZP was not an ADF aircraft.
It is included here to avoid any confusion due to its fuselage having been painted in a camouflage scheme. Held at Evans Head Aviation Museum. (Previously at Australian Air Museum Bankstown)
It is mounted to a trailer and used as an educational aid.
It seems kiddies like military aircraft more than civilian ones! |
