| 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 to static display, now gate guard at Oakey QLD.
Marked as A18-300. We are not sure that it ever wore A18-300 in
service.
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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.
Crashed 09/09/91 near Tenterfield.
 |
| A18-304 |
N22B |
40 |
11/07/77 |
n/a |
Acquired by
Australian Army 11/07/77
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-822.
 |
| 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.
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.
Located at RSTT Wagga Wagga.
 |
| 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.
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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-823.
 |
| A18-309 |
N22B |
48 |
31/01/78 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 31/01/78
Oakey Airshow 1986, with School of Army Aviation.
Sold to Indonesia Naval Arm Arm 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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-825.
 |
| A18-311 |
N22B |
51 |
23/05/78 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 23/05/78
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-826.
 |
| 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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as P-827.
 |
| A18-313 |
N22B |
65 |
10/08/79 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 10/08/79
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-828.
 |
| 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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as P-829.
 |
| A18-315 |
N22B |
132 |
20/12/82 |
n/a |
Acquired by Australian Army 20/12/82
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-830.
 |
| 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
Acquired by Australian Army 11/05/93
Avalon Airshow 1992.
Sold to Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as P-831. |
| 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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as P-832.
 |
| 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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-833.
Crashed 30/12/2007 off Sabang Indonesia.
The Indonesian Navy Nomad departed Sabang at 11:10 on a maritime
surveillance misson. 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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as P-834.
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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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-835. |
| 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.
 |
| A18-402 |
N24A |
130 |
31/01/89 |
VH-HVK |
Registered VH-HVK 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
In Service with 75 Sqn 10/1993.
Sold to Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as P-836.
 |
| 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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as P-837.
 |
| A18-404 |
N24A |
136 |
23/03/93 |
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 23/03/93
Served with 173 Squadron
Sold to Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-838. |
| 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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-839. |
| 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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-840. |
| 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 Indonesia Naval Arm Arm as
P-841. |
| 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.
Now on loan to a group at Archerfield as a Training aid and will be
restored to flying status.
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