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Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
You.... you.... BUGGER!!!!
Why can't the rest of us mortals get to do this??!! 
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At least I can share it with you guys...
there WILL be a DVD...
No, it's not quite as much fun as riding in a CMP, just different!
The pilot of the 02 was a genuine Vietnam FAC - very interesting man and a good interview on the subject.
He has an excellent 16mm film of himself flying the 02 in 1969, with good footage of "Willy Petes" being fired with COIN A37s attacking. These were flown by South Vietnamese who would always hit the target - it was no good trying to tell them to put their weapons a few yards either side - they just didn't understand. There's also a sequence with a RAAF Canberra bombing.
One of the other pilots was also a FAC - he flew OV-10s. The Australians who flew these missions (with the USAF) were all fighter pilots who volunteered for the job. Their normal job was to fly the Mirage IIIc.