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DerekB25/05/202208/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting 25 May 2022 (WGCDR Philip Beanland: RAAF 100 Squadron)

Our Melbourne monthly meeting on 25 May 2022, in collaboration with the Friends of Air Force History and Heritage, was held in person at...

DerekB27/04/202208/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting 27 April 2022 (Leigh Edmonds: Norman Brearly and West Australian Airways)

Our Melbourne monthly meeting on 27 April 2022 was held in person at the RAAF Association meeting room in Hawthorn and also “broadcast” to...

DerekB23/03/202208/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting 23 March 2022 (WGCDR Mathew Shelley: The RAAF Museum and the New Vision For the Museum’s Future)

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

DerekB23/02/202208/11/2022

AHSA Monthly Meeting 23 February 2022 (Michael Smith: Commemorative Flight From London to Darwin, 2019)

Our February 2022 Melbourne meeting, was held in person at the RAAF Association meeting rooms in Hawthorn and also “broadcast” to interstate members via...

DerekB24/11/202108/11/2022

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

Our Melbourne monthly meeting on 24 November 2021, in collaboration with the Friends of Air Force History and Heritage, was held in person at...

1944 Bristol Beaufighters A19-36 and A19-194 operated by 5 OTU RAAF collided in mid-air and crashed into the sea 14 miles south of RAAF Evans Head airfield, New South Wales on 10 November 1944. The aircraft were in a formation of seven Bristol Beaufighters out of RAAF Williamtown on a training mission to carrying out simulated low level strafing attacks on RAAF Evans Head Airfield (NSW) 400 miles to the north. The flight was a cross-country exercise and A19-36 was lagging slightly, started to catch up and appeared to skid towards the leader (A19-194) and struck the port main plane of A19-194 just outboard of the engine. This occurred at about 1,000 ft with A19-194 crashing into the sea 50 yards and A19-36 200 yards off the beach 14 miles south of Evans Head. The cause was found to be personnel error of judgement by the crew of A19-36. The bodies of the crew, some fuselage and other parts were washed ashore. All four crew members were killed in the crashes. The crew of A19-36 were FLGOFF (Aus.29099) Norman Lewis PARKER (pilot) and FLTSGT (Aus.431342) Neville Martin TYACK (navigator). The crew of A19-194 were FLTLT (Aus.406671) Arthur Curlewis YOUNG DFC (pilot) and FLTLT (Aus.267209) Arthur George HODGES (navigator). Sources: ADF-Serials; Australia @ War; aviation-safety.net website

2022 Three passengers were injured when a propeller tie-down strap was left attached to Link Airways Saab 340 VH-VEQ and penetrated the fuselage immediately before take-off from Canberra at 8:05am on 10 November 2022. The aircraft was operating a scheduled flight from Canberra to Sydney. ATSB chief commissioner Angus Mitchell said they considered the incident to be serious. “It is concerning that a passenger carrying aircraft did depart with what we understand at this stage to be the ratchet strap not removed from one of the propellers and that has subsequently come off in flight and made a penetration to some degree into the fuselage,” Commissioner Mitchell said. “That is of particular concern to us, and something we will seek to understand what were the contributing factors, why wasn’t it picked up.” Flight radar images showed the aircraft in question taking off from Canberra, then returning to land within 14 minutes. Link Airways were operating the flight for Virgin Australia, which denied anyone was injured and said “all passengers had disembarked safely. A Virgin Australia spokeswoman said “Virgin Australia can confirm that flight VA633 operated by Link Airways on behalf of Virgin Australia from Canberra to Sydney on Thursday, November 10 was involved in an incident near Canberra airport. After becoming aware of the incident, the crew took steps in accordance with standard operating procedures to prioritise the safety of all guests and crew on board and conducted an air return in line with safety protocols.” Sources: The Australian, Nov 10, 2022, Forgotten propeller strap leaves three people injured; ATSB

2022 The new $260 million terminal expansion at Gold Coast airport, Coolangatta, Queensland opened to international passengers on Thursday 10 November 2022. The first flight to arrive was a Scoot flight TR6 from Singapore, operated by the Scoot Boeing 787-8, 9V-OFJ. The aircraft departed from Singapore at 9:30pm on 8 November and landed at 6:22am local time the next day. The expanded three-level terminal opened to domestic passengers in September. The expansion doubles the building’s capacity and offers “spectacular” views of both the surrounding area as well the northern NSW hinterland. It specifically includes six new gates and room for up to 19 wide-body aircraft. New additions to open during the week of 7-11 November included border security and an expanded Heinemann duty-free store. Source: Australian Aviation