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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

1927 After a flight of 5 hours 35 minutes, Bond's aeroplane reached Brisbane from Sydney on 25 June 1927 thus completing the first stage of an around-Australia trip. The flight has been promoted at a cost of £12.500 by Mr. G. A. Bond, founder of George A. Bond and Co. Limited, to test the usefulness of commercial aviation. The plane, which is being piloted by Keith V. Anderson, is a Bristol Tourer biplane (G-AUDK) fitted with a 40 h.p. Siddeley-Puma engine. It was welcomed to Brisbane by two local planes, and made a perfect landing. Accompanying Mr. Anderson were Messrs. H. S. Hitchcock (mechanic) and Charles. C. Vivian (display and advertising manager of Bond's in Sydney). Source: The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Mon 27 Jun 1927 Page 7, Anderson at Brisbane.

1929 Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Harold Litchfield and Tom McWilliams took off from Richmond aerodrome at 2:24pm on 25 June 1929 in the Fokker F.VIIb/3m 'Southern Cross', G-AUSU with the aim of flying to London. This marked the start of their second attempt to fly to London, the first attempt leading to the "Coffee Royal Affair" after the aircraft became lost and made a forced landing on the Glenelg River flats in Western Australia. Source: The Age (Melbourne) Wed 26 Jun 1929 Page 11 "FLIGHT TO ENGLAND"

1930 Charles Kingsford Smith (pilot), M. Avert Vandyk (co-pilot), J.M. Stannage (radio operator) and Capt. P. Saul (of the Irish Air Force, navigator) landed at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, at 5:22am on 25 June 1930 in the Fokker F.VIIb/3m G-AUSU 'Southern Cross' after a flight of 31.5 hours, achieving the first east-to-west crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. They had taken off from Portmarnock Strand, Eire at 4:30am on 24 June. The aircraft carried enough fuel for 35.5 hours of flight, but strong headwinds over most of the route slowed their progress and prevented them from reaching their target destination of New York city. Source: Parnell and Bougton, Flypast: A Record of Aviation in Australia, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988

1980 A Caribou light transport (A4-179) faced a dire emergency on 25 June 1980 after losing an engine on a routine flight between the Indonesian islands of Tual and Ambon. The aircraft was flying in support of Operation Pattimura, a three-year project conducted by Army under Australia’s Defence Cooperation Program to provide maps of Indonesia’s eastern Maluku province (better known as the Moluccas or Spice Islands). With five passengers as well as the crew on board, it was still 75 kilometres short of its destination when one engine cut out. Despite full power being applied to the remaining engine, the Caribou lost 4000 feet in altitude. The rate of descent was stabilised at 450 feet above water only by jettisoning the aircraft’s full cargo load into the Banda Sea –– less the barest essentials which the RAAF medical officer on board assessed would be required if forced to ditch. Source: 38 Squadron Association

1996 The Minister for Transport and Regional Development, the Hon John Sharp MP announced reviews of the regulatory framework and role in an aviation safety ministerial statement on 25 June 1996. He also introduced the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 1996 to increase the CASA Board size from four to six people. While the Opposition supported the Bill, it questioned the motives. Source: House of Representatives, Debates, 25 June 1996, p. 2653. via aph.gov.au website

1999 A software glitch in the new TAAATS system shut down ATC over Brisbane for seven minutes on 25 June 1999. AirServices Australia claimed later to have fixed it. ASA had joined a consortium bidding to update the FAA's United States ATC systems. Source: AAP, 16 July 1999. via aph.gov.au website