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Category: AHSA Videos

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...
DerekB26/10/202228/11/2022

AHSA Melbourne Meeting October 2022 (Peter Hobbins: The RAAF’s early embrace of flight simulation)

Our October 2022 Melbourne meeting was another joint presentation with the RAAF History and Heritage Branch, and we thank them for this continuing collaboration....
DerekB28/09/202224/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting September 2022 (GPCAPT Grant Kelly: Historic Unrecovered War Casualties)

Our September 2022 Melbourne meeting was held in person at the RAAF Association meeting room in Hawthorn and also “broadcast” to interstate members via...
DerekB24/08/202210/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting August 2022 (Richard de Crespigny AM: The QF32 Experience – Before, During & After)

Our August 2022 Melbourne meeting was held in person at the RAAF Association meeting room in Hawthorn and also “broadcast” to interstate members via...
DerekB27/07/202208/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting 27 July 2022 (GPCAPT Macauley Cottrell: Forward Air Control Operations In Vietnam)

Our July 2022 Melbourne meeting, held in collaboration with the Friends of Air Force History and Heritage, was held in person at the RAAF...

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On this day in Australian aviation history:

1920 Prime Minister W.M. Hughes presented the ÂŁ10,000 prize to Sir Ross Smith on 27 February 1920 in Melbourne, following Smith's successful first flight from London to Melbourne along with his brother Sir Keith Smith and mechanics James Bennett and Walter Shiers. Ross decided that the prize should be shared equally among the four crew. Source: Aviation Heritage vol 47 no 3 September 2016
1942 CAC Wirraway A20-462 operated by the RAAF School of Army Co-operation crashed 5 miles South West of Bungendore on 27 February 1942 while on a map-reading exercise. There were 2 fatalities and the aircraft was written off. Source: NAA: A9186, 357
1943 Lockheed Hudson A16-212 operated by 13 Squadron RAAF crashed at Hughes Strip, NT at 1948 hrs on 27 February 1943. The aircraft was on a test flight by 1 RSU and crashed just off the runway threshold when making a dummy approach to the strip during bad weather and limited visibility. There were 4 fatalities and the aircraft was written off. Sources: ADF-Serials website and aviation-safety.net website
1944 Bristol Beaufighter Mk X A19-165 operated by 31 (City of Wagga Wagga) Squadron RAAF crashed at Coomalie, NT on 27 February 1944. A19-165 was the first Beaufighter received by 31 Sqn with feathering propellers. At 17.21 hours it took off from Coomalie NT on a test flight and circled the airstrip at low altitude when it suffered dual engine failure. The pilot attempted a belly landing but struck trees and burnt. There were 2 fatalities and the aircraft was w/o. Sources: ADF-Serials website and aviation-safety.net website
1986 Aero Commander 500S Shrike Commander VH-SDO operated by Aerodata/World Geoscience Corporation crashed 2km N of Canning Dam, Western Australia on 27 February 1986. There were 2 fatalities and the aircraft was written off. Source: aviation-safety.net website
2009 (Virgin) V-Australia received an air operator's certificate after undertaking proving flights for CASA. Boeing 777-300ER aircraft were to be used on the trans-Pacific route and the airline hoped to expand to South Africa. Source: V Australia, Australia's new international airline takes off: a new era for trans Pacific travel, media release, Sydney, 27 February 2009. via aph.gov.au website

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