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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 “Eyes 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:

1934 Fifth place in the Handicap Section of the MacRobertson International Air Races was won by New Zealanders Squadron Leader Malcolm McGregor and Henry Walker flying the Miles Hawk Major ZK-ADJ, race number 2, when they crossed the finish line over Flemington Racecourse at 9:50pm on 27 October 1934. Their actual flying time was 118 hours 5 mins 46 secs, from which was deducted their handicap allowance of 35 hours 22 mins 12 seconds. This gave an adjusted handicap time of 82 hours 43 mins 34 secs. The performance of the aircraft and its crew throughout the race was practically faultless, they made consistently good time all along the route, the only problem which beset them being a crack on the engine cowling which started soon after the start and to which they constantly applied galvanized patches. Their only misfortune was a forced landing at Brunette Downs on the Barkly Tableland of the Northern Territory due to a dust storm which reduced visibility to unsafe limits. The time spent on the ground there probably cost them a place in the Handicap Section. Source: Aviation Heritage Vol 24 Nos 1 & 2, 1984
1942 Lockheed Hudson A16-38 operated by "A" Flight, No 1 Operational Training Unit RAAF crashed at Bairnsdale, Victora on 27 October 1942. The Hudson was making a high speed low-level run over the aerodrome for the purpose of filming. As the plane levelled out at about 80 feet above the ground the spar of the right wing failed, causing the wing to break off about 3 feet outboard of the engine. The Hudson rolled rapidly to the right two or three times and then crashed and exploded. All four airman on board were killed instantly. Sources: ADF-Serials; aviation-safety.net website

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