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February 2022 Outlook Newsletter

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:

AHSA Monthly Meeting 24 November 2021 (Lance Halvorson: RAAF Strike Aircraft 1953-2010)

DerekB24 November 202122 April 2022

Our Melbourne monthly meeting on 24 November 2021 was held in person at the Air Force Association in Hawthorn and also “broadcast” to interstate members via Zoom. Wing Commander Lance…

AHSA Monthly Meeting 28 April 2021 (Roger McKay: Aerial Navigation)

DerekB28 April 20216 December 2021

Our Melbourne monthly meeting on 28 April 2021 was held in person and broadcast via Zoom. Squadron Leader Roger McKay gave a presentation covering the history and practice of aerial…

AHSA Monthly Meeting 17 February 2021 (Rob Lynch and John Deckert: The Aviation Heritage of Nhill)

DerekB17 February 20216 December 2021

Rob Lynch (President of the Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre) and John Deckert gave a presentation covering the rich aviation history of Nhill, including its involvement as an RAAF training base…

AHSA Monthly Meeting 18 November 2020 (Martin James: Commemorating the RAAF Centenary)

DerekB18 November 20206 December 2021

Martin James (Royal Australian Air Force Histrian) gave a presentation describing how the RAAF is planning to commemorate its centenary during 2021, including an overview of all the new books…

AHSA Monthly Meeting 21 October 2020 (Tony Wheeler: The Great Airline Bazaar / London to Melbourne In 22 Hops)

DerekB21 October 20206 December 2021

Tony Wheeler (co-founder of Lonely Planet guides) gave a presentation “The Great Airline Bazaar” covering his extraordinary 22-flight journey from London to Melbourne. The AHSA October monthly meeting was held…

AHSA Monthly Meeting 16 Sep 2020 (Derek Buckmaster: The Wirraway “Newspaper War”)

DerekB16 September 20206 December 2021

Derek Buckmaster gave a presentation on The Wirraway “Newspaper War”. The AHSA September monthly meeting was held online via Zoom. A recording of the meeting is included below (click the…

AHSA Monthly Meeting 19 August 2020 (Phil Vabre: The Empire Air Mail Scheme In Operation 1938-39)

DerekB19 August 20206 December 2021

Phil Vabre gave a presentation on The Empire Air Mail Scheme In Operation 1938-39. The August 2020 monthly meeting of the AHSA was held online due to COVID-19 restrictions in…

AHSA Monthly Meeting 15 July 2020 (presentation by Roger McKay)

DerekB15 July 202022 April 2021

Squadron Leader Roger McKay gave a presentation on the evolution of jet fighter design, explaining the development from “first generation” to “fifth generation” designs. The AHSA July 2020 monthly meeting…

AHSA Monthly Meeting 11 June 2020 (Dr Ellen Stoddart: The Record-Setting Flights of the Perlan Glider)

DerekB11 June 20206 December 2021

Dr Ellen Stoddart gave a fascinating presentation covering the development and record-setting flights of the Perlan high-altitude glider. Ellen’s son Morgan Sandercock is one of the pilots on the Perlan…

This day in Australian aviation history:

1953 Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 VX762 operated by 850 Sqn RAN collided in mid-air with a DH-82A Tiger Moth at Forest Hill Airport, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales on 17 May 1953. VX762 was one of a formation of six RAN Sea Furies which had taken off from Forest Hill aerodrome, Wagga, for local flying and to return to their base at Nowra. Soon afterwards, at about 10:20 hours, they returned over the aerodrome at low altitude where the leader collided with a civil DH.82A Tiger Moth which had just taken off on local flying practice. The DH.82A Tiger Moth crashed on the aerodrome, the pilot escaping serious injury. The Sea Fury crashed two miles away and the pilot, Lieutenant Commander Reginald Albert Wild DFC, RAN - was killed. He was, at the time, the commanding officer of 850 Squadron, Royal Australian Navy. Sources: ADF-Serials; aviation-safety.net website
1967 Dassault Mirage IIIO(A) A3-77 operated by 2 OCU RAAF crashed into the sea off Newcastle, NSW on 17 May 1967. The aircraft was engaged in training exercises at 4.20pm when it entered a dive and crashed into the sea about 80 kilometres north-east of Newcastle, NSW. 3 Squadron CO Wing Commander Vance Drummond killed. Neither his body nor the aircraft was recovered. Sources: ADF-Serials; aviation-safety.net website
1985 The first two RAAF McDonnel-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet aircraft A21-102 and A21-102 were ferried to Australia in a record-breaking non-stop trans-Pacific flight on 17 May 1985. The 12,360 km (7,680 miles) flight from US Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, to RAAF Williamtown took fifteen hours and was made possible by in-flight refuelling from USAF KC-10 tankers. Each Hornet was refuelled seven times from the accompanying KC-10 tanker as the group headed towards Hawaii from California. South of Hawaii another KC-10 flew out to meet them and refuelled the first tanker. After passing Hawaii, the Hornets were each refuelled another eight times before the epic flight was completed. The flight was led by No 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU) Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Brian Robinson flying the lead aircraft and Squadron Leader Laurie Evans flying the second aircraft. Source: Aircraft of the RAAF, RAAF History & Heritage/Big Sky Publishing, 2021

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