Anzac Day 2017: Damien Wilkins pilots Anzac Day flyover in Hawk 127 fighter jet

Simon McCarthy
Updated April 26 2017 - 7:13am, first published April 25 2017 - 4:59pm
Damien Wilkins is now a flight instructor with the RAAF.
Damien Wilkins is now a flight instructor with the RAAF.

Did you hear it? That deafening rumble overhead as the Hawk 127 fighter jet tore through the air.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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