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Category: AHSA Meetings

Melbourne Meetings:

AHSA Inc. holds monthly meetings on the fourth Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm at the Air Force Association, 24 Camberwell Rd, Hawthorn East.

Some members meet casually for dinner from 6.00pm at the Tower Hotel.

Our monthly meetings are also webcast online via Zoom, for members who cannot attend in person.

Meeting details are sent to members each month.
Click on the heading below to view recordings of previous monthly meetings:

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DerekB10/12/202309/03/2024

Melbourne Meeting: 28 February 2024, Ashley Briggs OAM

The Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 28 February 2024 of the AHSA Inc. was held at the RAAF Association meeting room, Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn....
Delicious food cooking on the barbecue at the 2022 AHSA end of year gathering
DerekB10/12/202311/12/2023

AHSA Melbourne Meeting December 2023: Annual Barbeque

The end-of-year AHSA barbecue was held at Moorabbin Air Museum on Sunday 10 December from 10am to 2pm. The weather forecast was not great,...
DerekB26/07/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting July 2023 (Andrew Jackling: Space Weather Forecasting)

Our guest speaker at the 26 July 2023 AHSA Meeting in Melbourne was Andrew Jackling, who presented on the topic β€œEyes in the sky:...
DerekB28/06/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting June 2023 (Mark Lax: Tips and Tricks For Researching Our Air Force’s Stories)

The speaker for our combined Friends of Air Force History and Heritage (FAFHH) and Aviation Historical Society of Australia (AHSA) on 28 June 2023...
DerekB24/05/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting May 2023 (Andy Hansen: A Short History of Aerial Photography)

Our guest speaker at the meeting held on 24 May 2023 was Dr Andrew Hansen, who gave a fascinating presentation about the history and...
DerekB26/04/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting April 2023 (Martin James: Battle of the Bismarck Sea)

Our speaker for the meeting held on 26 April 2023 was RAAF Historian Mr Martin James. This meeting was another joint presentation with the...
DerekB22/03/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting March 2023 (Annie Floodin: Boeing History)

Our March 2023 Melbourne meeting featured a presentation by Annie Floodin, a historian from Boeing Historical Services who is currently visiting Australia connecting with...
DerekB22/02/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting February 2023 (Jeff Maynard: The Lost Records of Sir Hubert Wilkins)

Jeff Maynard was the guest speaker for our 22 February 2023 meeting in Melbourne. Jeff has been researching the life and records of Sir...
DerekB11/12/202212/12/2022

AHSA Melbourne Meeting December 2022: Annual Barbeque

The final Melbourne meeting for the year will be a member's barbecue, to be held at the Moorabbin Air Museum on Sunday 11 December,...
DerekB23/11/202215/12/2022

AHSA Melbourne Meeting November 2022: Annual General Meeting

Our November meeting was the Annual General Meeting of the AHSA Inc, held on 23 November 2022, and was followed by a "Member's Night",...

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On this day in Australian aviation history:

1927 Keith Anderson and C.C. Vivian were forced to return to Melbourne by bad weather on the Melbourne - Sydney leg of their round-Australia flight sponsored by Bond & Co on 7 July 1927. Anderson and Vivian were flying in the Bristol Tourer G-AUDK. Telling the story of their failure to get through to Sydney, Mr. C. C. Vivian (Advertising Manager for Bond & Co.) said "We left Melbourne at 7.55 a.m. We had a strong head wind, and averaged 30 to 35 miles an hour. When about 20 miles out of Melbourne we encountered heavy storm clouds. The wind increased in force, and we were making very little headway. We climbed to 10,000 feet. but could not get over these cloud banks. The wind increased and we could not push on, so we dropped again to within 1,000 feet, but the conditions were such that visibility was restricted to half a mile. The storm was getting worse, and was closing in on us. After a bad knocking about we were forced to return to the Essendon Aerodrome for safety." Source: Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Fri 8 Jul 1927 Page 8 BOND'S 'PLANE.
1942 Lockheed 414-56 Hudson IIIA A16-198 of No. 32 Squadron RAAF crashed off Tallow Beach, NSW on 7 July 1942. The aircraft crashed into sea off Tallow Beach between Broken Head and Byron Bay, NSW. The crew of 10 all died in the crash. They included FLTLT Robert Thomas Trigg Serv#467, SGT Douglas John Lovejoy Serv#403752, SGT Gavin Athole Laurie Mclaren Serv#406859, SGT Gordon William George Ridge Serv#416231, SGT David Leslie Bradley Serv#30650, LAC Edward George Kimmins Serv#22537, LAC William Edwards Evans Serv#24493, LAC Harold Wilmot Johnstone Serv#24775, LAC Frederick Albert Charles Wood Serv#24672 and AC1 Edward George Merefield Serv#25767. Sources: ADF-Serials; aviation-safety.net website
1984 The first direct jet service to Hamilton Island was inaugurated on 7 July 1984 when Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZT arrived from Melbourne. Passenger jets replaced the two Sikorsky S-61 helicopters which had previously operated from the mainland. The Hamilton Island resort was co-owned by Ansett Airlines and entrepreneur Keith Williams, and by the time of the runway opening they had spent more than A$50million on the resort and airport complex, with an equal amount scheduled to be invested over the coming eighteen months. The runway alone cost well over A$10 million and was capable of taking Boeing 767 or 747SP aircraft. A second Boeing 737-277A, VH-CZV, also flew in from Sydney on 7 July 1984. Sources: National Archives of Australia, Australianaviation.com.au, photo credit - Copyright National Archives of Australia, Saturday 7 July 1984

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