A piece of military history to be preserved in Parkes

By Denis Howard
July 20 2018 - 1:00pm
At the official handover of the P-3 Orion are Parkes Shire Council Deputy Mayor Barbara Newton, Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore John Meier, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, Bob De La Hunty, Parkes Shire Mayor Ken Keith, Cr Bill Jayet and  Cr Alan Ward.
At the official handover of the P-3 Orion are Parkes Shire Council Deputy Mayor Barbara Newton, Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore John Meier, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, Bob De La Hunty, Parkes Shire Mayor Ken Keith, Cr Bill Jayet and Cr Alan Ward.

A host of dignitaries and a good local crowd were on hand at the Parkes Air Museum on Tuesday when the Royal Australian Air Force handed over an Lockheed P-3 Orion to the Historical Aviation Restoration Society (HARS) Parkes branch.

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